Don 't hurry. Don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So don't forget to stop and smell the roses. ~Walter Hagen
I created a holiday when I was a sophomore in high school. Its intent was to get my best friend to take a break. He was quite uptight, especially when it came to school work. I was attempting to prove to him that there were a few things more important than straight A's; that it was acceptable to relax once in a while.
With that in mind, this year's Stop and Smell the Roses Day was an adventure to be sure but it didn't fit the exact essence of the day. I loved every minute of it. Even the: "We're just sitting here basking in the sun. Doesn't this count as Stop and Smell the Roses Day?" No, no it doesn't. We were in the midst of hosting 7-hour long moving sale that had started at 7 a.m.
When a person stops to smell a rose, what goes through his or her mind? I can tell you what it's not...it's not the thought of every item on a to-do list. It's not that the lawn needs to be mowed or the car needs an oil change or that the world might stop if I don't keep it moving.
None of that matters! In that aromatic instant, a simple beauty and an excellent fragrance is the whole world! The person holding that rose is appreciative of that uncomplicated moment.
So today, I spent what little time I had trying to be simple and grateful. And, that is the essence of Official Stop and Smell the Roses Day...it is not doing nothing, like I once tried to explain it. However, it is an attempt to bring beauty into an unfortunate world while living simply in complicated times. It's a push for slowing down, even stopping to at least smell a rose.
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