In Journaling with Lisa Shea, Lisa asks in one of her journaling prompts on gratitude to name our favorite sense and describe in detail what we appreciate about it. I couldn’t possibly pick one sense, so instead, I’m going to describe what I appreciate about each of my five senses. Yes, five, since I am including sight. Here goes.
Sight
First of all, I obviously appreciate the fact that I could once see colors. I am no longer able to see those, but thanks to my sight and my imagination, I am still able to perceive them synesthetically in my mind’s eye.
I also still appreciate the tiny bit of light perception I still have left. Thanks to it, I can see the sunshine, though I can no longer perceive the beauty of a sunrise or sunset.
Hearing
I appreciate my sense of hearing, because it allows me to listen to music. I love all kinds of music, from upbeat songs to dance to, to quiet instrumentals.
My hearing also allows me to hear the sounds of nature, both in real life and as soundscapes on my phone. I particularly love water sounds, such as streams and waves (not rain!), as well as birdsong.
Touch
I’ve covered most of the reasons I appreciate my sense of touch when I wrote about my hands. However, other than my hands, I also love the sense of touch on the rest of my body. I am a true lover of deep pressure, which is why I have a weighted blanket.
I realize now I should’ve included a separate heading for the vestibular sense. However, it is mostly the sense of touch I appreciate about it when I am on a swing or waterbed or the like.
Smell
Well, do I really need to explain? I’m going to mention essential oils of course! When another blogger asked us which sense we’d let go of if we had to choose one, after taste (which I’ll get to in a bit), most people said smell, but I said hearing. After all, I really can’t imagine having to let go of my beloved essential oil scents.
Taste
The reason most people chose taste to let go of first, is that in essence what we perceive as taste is mostly smell. However, for the sake of this post, I am going to assume that my food tasting is an actual sense of its own. I really appreciate it, though to be fair I’m more of a food texture lover. In terms of both taste and texture, I am undersensitive, in that I need a lot of stimulation to feel satisfied. This is one reason I can’t stand mash. But I love tasting good, spicy food.
What do you appreciate most about your senses?
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Now that I am wearing hearing aids I appreacite my hearing more, too much rock n’ roll when I was young.
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Oh, I’m so sorry you’ve lost some of your hearing, but so glad you appreciate that which you still have left.
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My mama has completely lost her sense of sight other than making out large shapes. But cannot see anything small or pickup on any details, including facial features. I think that would be the greatest sense to lose.
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I understand. Having been legally blind all my life, in a way I don’t know any different, but in a way I do. I’m so sorry for your mama’s vision loss.
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I don’t really like mash either! 😉 I’m not sure what sense I appreciate the most, I certainly take all of them for granted and really shouldn’t! Sim x
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Thank you for sharing. I understand about taking your senses for granted. I do that too sometimes.
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I don’t think we appreciate our senses enough. I love essential oils too, they smell amazing and can be used medicinally.
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Agree about the therapeutic uses of essential oils, although I haven’t used them for these purposes that much myself. Thank you for commenting.
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So true about not tasting if we cannot smell. I get that from some of my experiences as I was recovering from head and neck cancer surgeries. I would miss sight the most and I am sad you have memories of sight but can no longer see. It’s been great to have your blog post linked up for the week on Life This Week.
Thank you so much. I look forward to seeing you next Monday too. The optional prompt is Sharing Your Snaps (photos).
And a big thank you for showing your appreciation for guest blogger, Mr Whelan, in 2021.
Take care, Denyse.
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Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. It is indeed sad that I can no longer see, but like I said, I appreciate the memory of it.
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We use these senses every single day but never really appreciate them, which is wrong, I suffered Covid last Christmas and lost my sense of taste it was horrible
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Oh, I’m so sorry you lost your sense of taste due to COVID especially at such an important time of year. I definitely understand it makes you appreciate it more. Thank you for commenting.
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I love this idea of appreciating your senses. It can be easy to take them for granted. I definitely appreciate my senses.
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Yes, I totally understand it’s easy to take our senses or other physical abilities for granted. Glad you appreciate your senses.
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I’m a very visual person, so I am so grateful for my eyesight and try to remember not to take it for granted. This time of year with all the autumn colours is an amazing visual feast.
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Yes, I used to appreciate the fall colors a lot too. Glad you are grateful for your eyesight.
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I love good spicy food too yummy! I love that I can hear the sound of my dog, my audiobooks, music, and other sounds that I love.
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I’m so happy you’re able to appreciate those.
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