Stories Collected While Living in France

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Awareness

                              

As I was in my element at the flea market yesterday, one thing I didn’t want to notice was the temperature (50 Fahrenheit,) nor how cold I was feeling. Wearing little more than a light jacket and penny loafers without socks, I knew once I got into my car to drive back home, I would feel the chill pierce through my bones.

Sure enough when I got into my car the frozen me came to surface! I cranked up the heat, I hadn’t allowed myself to feel cold beforehand. Isn’t life just like that; as soon as I let go I felt the feelings I had ignored.

We listen to what we want to hear, we focus on what is important to us, and our desires can be stronger than our better judgments.

I wonder what other feelings will come to surface when I give them a chance and let go….

photo: A 1905 postcard I found yesterday…I think she has something she wants to say.

Comments

32 responses to “Awareness”

  1. Jeanne

    I love your treasure trove finds and your sentiments daily!
    Love you Sugar Plum

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  2. ParisBreakfasts

    Is she saying…
    “I want hot chocolate” 🙂

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  3. nel

    Corey if you only knew how appropriate those words were for me at this very moment…So true, Nel

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  4. pnardnmz

    as always.. you are making a brain storm..
    before the internet and blog days.. I thought I was awkward.. when I tied up facts with philosophy.. now I have friends like you.. thank you for being..
    and I am asking a little help.. there is an object’s photos on my post.. could you please have a look and tell me if you know what it is.. I could not figure out.. seems to be an old censer.. but who knows.. not a puzzle.. but a real question..
    thanks in advance.. enjoy.. the warmth.. =)

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  5. Pauline Clarke

    Funny how we know these things about ourselves and yet “forget” them so often! Perhaps a balanced life is an awareness of the forgetting, and an awareness of the focus.

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  6. patpaulk

    Yes, and it doesn’t look like “angel wings” go with the thought… Sometimes you just have to let go!!

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  7. naturegirl

    To ignore feelings.. at times is for self preservation.
    You may not have found this
    ~*wee angel*~ had you given in to your chill sooner and went home.

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  8. Connie

    Oh my heavens…she is beautiful. Now you are in my heart with postcards.lol
    Wonder if angels make mistakes and are afraid to tell??????
    Hugs,
    Connie

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  9. constance

    It’s interesting to ponder your words in this way: Our mind is so powerful, that we have the option to make a choice.
    We can choose to suffer, or we can choose to shop, and then defrost in a warm car.
    Love your darling angel.

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  10. Sheila

    “Please, please may I go with the other fairies..I know my wings are small, but I can keep up, and I promise to be home before moonrise..?”

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  11. Jos

    We pick and choose, and then wonder at our fate, as if we had no hand at all to play…
    I love this image, this is how I invision you, dearest Corey!

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  12. phyllis

    I know children pretty well…I am guessing her halo fell off and broke and she doesn’t want to tell her mother.

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  13. cruststation

    Dear Corey, please look after yourself the weather is getting cold, I guess that you were out there for several hours…wrap up warm! It’s so true that we listen to what we want to hear, sometimes we need to take in the advice of others or the inner judgement even if it may be difficult to hear.

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  14. Paris Parfait

    Lovely post – such true words – and lovely postcard.

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  15. Paris Parfait

    Lovely post – such true words – and lovely postcard.

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  16. Star

    what a cutie she is.
    It’s November, Corey. It’s time for socks 😉

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  17. Melba

    1905? Really? Amazing. I love all postcards; especially old used ones. I started collecting them. I have a bunch I bought at a thrift store in Maine from 1920. I love imagining the lives of the people who wrote and received them.

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  18. miss*R

    and here I am down here, sweltering – bushfires raging around me – wearing bare feet 🙂
    Corey – I find that since I had my radiation treatment, the cold chills me to the bones – a cold like no other. wrap yourself up & stay warm! xo
    ps- your posts constantly tug at my soul – why is that do you think?

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  19. la vie en rose

    it’s sometimes scary and overwhelming to think about what we might let loose if we are still and listen. but if we can remember that we can trust ourselves… that’s the lesson i’ve been learning lately.

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  20. tut-tut

    Your postcard was an inspiration to me.

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  21. mary

    Beautiful postcard. Such a treasure. I do the same thing at times, not allow myself to feel the discomfort until it is not an issue!

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  22. sage

    lovely thoughts from a lovely lady; I just love the postcard, so innocent and sweet!

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  23. Julie

    Yes! Its always cold here in Wisconsin! Last year I was in a Pageant and it was below zero. No one acted like they were cold. But I couldn’t hide it. Its been a mission of mine to figure out how in the world they hide it! LOL

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  24. Tara Larsen Chang

    The flea markets there must be wonderful. I’ve missed them terribly since we now live on the west coast versus the very satisfying ones we used to go to on the east coast.
    Those old postcards are great. Such character!

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  25. negativeEclipse

    I like your site so much I linked you. (Gone Missing 66)

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  26. Colette

    She has just been told, “You can fly, Angel girl.”
    And she replies shyly,”Can I? Really?”

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  27. Cherry Menlove

    You’re lovely. I think I may be buying the awareness book!

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  28. susan

    “We listen to what we want to hear, we focus on what is important to us, and our desires can be stronger than our better judgments.”
    This has been the story of my life the last month or so. Listening to what I want to hear… at least when I visit your blog I find I am not alone… merci.

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  29. I S A Y

    wow! a 1905 postcard. thanks for sharing

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  30. Bejeweled

    What a beautiful postcard!

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  31. Shannon

    I’ve felt things that in a million years didn’t think I’d allow myself to feel.
    It was a nice little gift to myself, but so fleeting….

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  32. mary ann

    this is absolutely a precious find!

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