Smell that?

Some of the most pleasurable moments while walking to class are being caught off guard by the addition of a nice scent- someone's perfume, the flowers, baking smells coming through apartment windows- it could be anything. Most often though, the smells our noses come in contact with are not pleasant. Case in point- your own body. We produce smells, not a single one of which is pleasurable. We are essentially toxic smell bags, doing everything in our power to hold them in and cover them up. We (attempt) to step away for flatulence, we apologize for burps, and slather ourselves head to toe is scented soaps/ shampoos/ deodorants/ perfumes to hide any natural odors that may escape our skin bags.

It's no wonder we produce only toxic smells. Have you ever seen what food does? I once spit out a partially chewed cookie after being caught off guard by how bad it tasted, and forgot to throw away the cup I'd spit it in. I found it a few days later, and was horrified to see how it'd grown and fermented. That happens inside of us. We are full of decaying food, that is in the process of becoming shit. That is its only destiny- or perhaps to be sweated out when being used as fuel for our bodies. Either way, it will never become some beautiful fragrance once it touches our lips. We don't make a single nice smelling substance.

Plants, on the other hand, smell delightful.
They eat sunlight, which is probably the best food in the world. They get to sunbathe all day and never worry about what to eat for lunch, or how many calories it will be, or when they will have time between classes to quiet their bellies grumblings. They then take beautiful warm sunlight, and make pretty green things, or brilliantly colored flowers that have delicate and pleasing aromas. Why can't be flowers? Flowers don't have to write english papers....they just have to wait for the sun to grace them with their presence once more.