What did you smell today?

 

The sense of smell is most valued in today's pandemic. While chatting with my daughter in law I heard of an acquaintance who had lost her sense of smell due to Covid 19. It was also a time when the wildfire was ravaging California. There was an instance when someone had to get her out because she could not smell the fire close home. 

How terrifying! Did we even associate the 'sense of smell' with life-saving?  

The bitter coffee seeds emit such a lovely sense- altering fragrance hence they are used in perfumes stores. We whiff at a perfume; inhale the coffee seed aroma and move to the next.

So what did you stop to smell today? Can we be mindful to acknowledge this wonderful gift we have?

Can you pause to inhale a fragrance?