Love for the High

There is nothing in this world that compares to the high a girl gets when she spots the perfect pair of shoes. The perfect bag. The perfect dress. The perfect leather jacket.  Well, you get the picture. 

As I walked through a flea market on a quaint cobble stone street in Gent Belgium (where I currently live with my lovely girlfriend) I spotted these little delicate pieces of art within the first 5 minutes.  I remember the moment my beautiful snakeskin sling-back flats and I laid eyes on each other.  It was kismet.  It was destiny. It was Love.  

 I rushed over to the fold out table where they sat in the sun’s rays as if intentionally calling for notice.   I slowly caressed them in my hands.  I eagerly unclasped the strap and started shaking when I realized they were my size!  As I slowly slid my foot into them, toes pointed like a ballerina, I could feel the cold leather glide across my feet.  They fit like a glove. Better than a glove. They were meant to be.  

The rest of the afternoon I couldn’t stop gushing over how inexpensive, yet delightfully chic my new little friends were. My girlfriend just looked at me with amusement, but I couldn’t control myself from almost skipping down the street.  Like a child in a candy shop.  I mean 3 Euros for a pretty pair of foot candy. Wowy!  Wow! Wow! Wow!

I raved about the shoes that made me so incredibly happy. I kept emphasizing what a great find they were and friends of ours would just look at me like I was a crazy person.  “Why is this American girl so damn happy over a pair of cheap, flea market shoes?”   

The answer is quite simple. It's about the Love for the High. It's the high that the little things in life give you.  It's the high you get over a pair of Italian snakeskin flats from a cheap flea market.  It's the high you get riding your bike on a warm sunny day. It's the high you get when you're lying on the grass and watching the sunset with your honey. It's that high that gives you the butterflies, that makes you giddy with appreciation, that makes you excited to live and that makes you more aware of a better quality and a deeper sense of happiness in life.