This morning is being spent much more to my liking than last week's Saturday, as on that day I awoke to a kitchen eye sore of dishes piled high in the sink that gave me a headache just to look at. There was no way I could ignore the mess. Now, I don't really mind doing dishes so much (as long as I have my pink gloves), it can be a relaxing experience to put on some music and just focus on getting the job done. However, I was really looking forward to sipping my latte and finishing up 1984 (great book). I think I might have scared my roommates into making more of an effort to keep the kitchen clean when I lamented my morning activity on facebook, because this morning there was no mountain of dishes awaiting me. :)
Today, however, I AM sipping on my latte while blasting music through my Bose headphones (there's something about loud music that makes it so much better :P). Although, by this time, my latte is now a bit on the cold side on account of I forgot about it while I was obsessing over making an iTunes playlist. :/ I must admit that I considered skipping my morning latte as I've had one every morning this week, but in the end my addiction gave in and I had to make one. :)
On to the true subject of this entry...
At the beginning of the year I purchased a basil plant in the hopes that it would last me longer than fresh, packaged basil. Much to my dismay though, the sorry little herbage lasted only about a week. Determined to maintain and utilize one of these poor plants throughout the winter months, I went back to the grocery store and bought another one. This time, however, inspired by the movie What The #$*! (Bleep) Do We Know?, I decided to write out the words "I love you" on a sticky note and attach it to my little basil plant. (In case you haven't heard of this movie, it is a difficult one to swallow as it deals with quantum physics and the idea that we create our own world, what we see around us may not be what is actually there. We're conditioned our whole lives to perceive our surroundings in a certain way. Anyways, there's an excerpt that explores the power of words in regards to molecular structures wherein a scientist wrote several different thoughts on bottles of water, such as "You Disgust Me" and "I Love You". Then he proceeded to photograph that water and the outcome was astonishing. These words manage to change the way in which the molecular structure of the water appeared. The ones with the more hateful remarks looked disorganized and sickly, while the water with the loving expressions took on a more appealing, intricate structure. There's a line in this scene when an older man comes up to the main character and says "Makes you wonder, doesn't it? If thoughts can do that to water, imagine what our thoughts can do to us.") Well, I'm proud to say that after months of neglect, my little basil plant is still chugging along. Albeit, looking a little sad and worse for the wear, but it really has been months and for a long portion of time I wasn't even here to watch over it.
I don't know if the prosperity of my plant has anything to do with my sticky note of love, but I'd like to think that the power thought and love can have this kind of effect. :)
Alright, latte's finished. Time to start this day. I'm off to the herb store to buy ingredients for some home remedies. :)
More posts and pictures to come for now I have proper lightening for better, less yellowy results. :D
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