Monday, July 21, 2014

Saving those moments

You know those little moments, that come around every now and then? Like when you meet someone new for the very first time? Be it a future good friend or a new love interest? You can remember always how those little moments feel, when you get butterflies in your stomach, or you know that something is going to turn out good from a certain situation. What about those other moments? Those moments when you spend three quarters of your Thursdays pay and it's only Friday, and you think, "how am I going to stretch this milk out" for another 2 weeks? Or how about those times when you know you should be going for a walk because after you're done it makes you feel really good but you just can't seem to get yourself off the couch. If you just had the feeling when you came home and felt great, saved in a bottle somewhere so you could open it up when you are feeling like you didn't want to go so you could have a sniff of it or a taste of it and it would be enough to get those running shoes on, and get out that door. So many times in a month I can think about all of those little things that I want to buy, and when I get paid I can head right to the store and pick them up and not necessarily buy all of them so that I can make myself think I'm still saving some money, but at the end of the month when I'm no further ahead I can recall how I spent that cash that I didn't really have which should have been going towards saving for a house, or a trip but instead it's disguised as a new ring, or carton of ice cream in the freezer, or a pair of new craft scissors now in my craft room. You'd think after repeating things like this a few times, we might automatically know not to make such choices because we can remember the feelings that came after those decisions were made. We can instantly recall the feeling of how a heartache hurts and causes pain and many people avoid beginning new relationships, or are slow to take their walls down for the strong reason of that devastated feeling that goes along with the end of a highly treasured relationship. I totally would be all for some scientist to come up with a series of bottled feelings to put on the market. I think I would definitely have to purchase the "too much month at the end of the money" bottle, and the "go for a walk: you'll thank me later" bottle, to start. What kinds of bottled feelings would you like to buy?

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