Stories Collected While Living in France

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Love’s Direction…

old papers and letters

Right in front of me, in my daily life there are things I see every single day and yet do not really see them for what they are. Or, and there are things I could do but don't, and even more so, there are ideas stirring, simmering , brewing, waiting for me to take the first step and do them.

Though I don't.

Procrastination? Lack of desire? Laziness… or more artistically waiting for fruition, ripeness, readiness?

Whatever the reason it doesn't really matter. It is what it is and whenever it happens it will happen at the right time.                                                                 

dried orchid petal

I received an email the other day from an American woman (Tamara) who's friend reads my blog. Her friend told her that since she was coming to live in France for six months, and since she was going to live close by to where I live she should contact me.

Tamara contacted me. The instant I met her I felt like I had found a long lost friend. The first thing I said to her was, "I am mad at you for not contacting me sooner!" Then I hit her on the arm for extra measure.
Tamara leaves in one week… after being a stone throw away for six months.                                            

old letters

Have you ever met someone and knew without a moment of doubt that you were kindred spirits? That you must have been sharing cells somewhere, or energy or something beyond this physical realm of now? I love when I meet someone and I feel like —- no no no, not "feel like…" but rather I should say, I know I have KNOWN them forever. Yes, I love when that happens! It allows me to feel Love's hand, it makes the foundation of my faith stronger.

pinned paper on linen

The chance meeting that links past, to present, to future. Simply gorgeous.

Trusting or believing that whatever happens, however it happens, that it is for the common good. That our evolution, our journey, our day to day unfolding, has a mysterious way of following the direction of love, of goodness…. regardless if we believe in it or not.

I believe that, I trust that and it helps me to accept that things I don't understand, and or cannot change.

…and Tamara I am glad our paths came together I have missed you.

Note: Wear Sunsceen.

Comments

25 responses to “Love’s Direction…”

  1. Jeanne

    Beautiful my lovely friend.
    Yes I have had this soul connection.
    It is a blessing from God.
    Love you
    Jeanne

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  2. pauline

    We can only go back as far as 70th cousins before we begin to be related to everyone in the world… so in essence, we are all cut of the same cloth. That feeling of kinship is real.

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  3. Hasmin Cannon

    Isn’t it great when it happens? It’s meant to be, for them to touch your life, in some way. And your forever changed, no matter how small.
    Have a wonderful weekend!

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  4. 1eyedmonkee

    That’s what I love about blogworld. I am drawn to certain blogs, yours for instance, of people who have been walking in other parts of the world but seem to have pieces of my soul inside. Then each in our own unique ways whisper our secrets to each other.

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  5. Merisi

    Corey,
    your story brought immediately the following poem by Derek Walcott to my mind. You write about meeting a stranger and yet feeling an instant connection, while Walcott writes about reconnecting with one’s self. I say that sometimes meeting a stranger is like meeting a part of oneself, a part one may have never met or known before or lost too long ago to remember, whatever it is, some strangers complete one’s own self.
    I am glad that you met Tamara!
    Love After Love
    The time will come
    when, with elation
    you will greet yourself arriving
    at your own door, in your own mirror
    and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
    and say, sit here. Eat.
    You will love again the stranger who was your self.
    Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
    to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
    all your life, whom you ignored
    for another, who knows you by heart.
    Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
    the photographs, the desperate notes,
    peel your own image from the mirror.
    Sit. Feast on your life.

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  6. Billie

    Wooooooooooo, goose bumps all over!!

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  7. beachy

    Beautiful post, Corey! I truly believe God pulls certain people together for a reason, if only we listen to Him! =)

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  8. tut-tut

    Thank you for your post, and for that link. I feel rejuvenated!

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  9. Toni

    I have been blessed with several of those kindred spirits. However, there is one that immediately comes to mind. I met her in July, she was a friend of my brother’s. She met me at the door and we both looked at each other with familiarity and she said “have we met before?” We had not, but we immediately felt we had. We talked non stop on the way to my parents’ house. Sadly, just months later, she was diagnosed with leukemia and passed away about a month ago. She was the most positive, adventurous person I’ve ever met. I’m thankful for the short time I knew her, but so sad I won’t have more.

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  10. Catalina

    Yes…
    all my true friends are “first sight”
    🙂
    souls brothers and sisters recovered or rediscovered
    xoxo

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  11. Tammy

    How very true. I have a dear friend who I have been kindred spirits with for many years and we know when we actually get to meet we will have no trouble knowing the other…for we are connected. Isn’t love just wonderful and God’s hand upon us make the journey a bit easier. Corey you always say so much to my heart and I wanted to thank you for that and for being a kindred spirit to so many of us.
    love and blessings

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  12. meredith

    I know exactly what you mean. There have been chance meetings in my life with people who have become instant friends, kindred souls that I’ll cherish forever.

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  13. Shelley Noble

    You live in that special realm, Corey. I’m certain your heart connects deeply to what ever is in front of you. The love you have is rare and beautiful. xoxo

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  14. Deborah

    What an interesting blog! ♥ I wanted to pass on the butterfly cool blog award to you.
    Rules are simple..if you accept the award, post a link to my blog along with (some have been choosing 10, I chose 8)your choices of blogs that you admire.

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  15. thebeadedlily

    1st time here. Nice read and fab photos!

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  16. shannon in oregon

    i couldn’t agree more! corey is an amazing woman…

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  17. Julia

    Lovely post, and I so enjoyed the link. Thank you!

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  18. Rosemary

    Wow,
    Great post Corey!! I know exactly what you mean. I was talking about to my husband about you and your husband last night. I was talking about the ride across the country. I told my husband that I know Corey and I would be great friends and that I feel like I have known her somewhere before. So yes, I know what you mean.
    Amazing things can happen.
    Hope you are having a lovely weekend,
    Rosemary

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  19. Allison

    How timely your beautiful post is for me. Almost four years ago, I met a wonderful friend online. For months, we only chatted in threads. Then several months of PMs. When it was close to our first in person meeting we spoke on the phone. We had a great weekend with 10 other internet friends. Later, the two of us met in Nashville for some antique shopping and a visit with another internet friend.
    She and her DH came through town just over a year ago. They came to see our home and we took them out to lunch. Three days ago, I returned from spending a week in her home – being the best friend I could after her dear husband passed away unexpectedly. I was one of the first friends she called and one of the few she shares her true feelings and frustrations with. We both wonder if this is why we were brought together. We will forever be friends, like you and Tamara.

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  20. Denese

    I’m totally with you sister. It is sublime but as you have experienced, it can be painful. Like any kind of love.

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  21. Kris

    Beautiful post, Corey. I have had similiar experiences. They aren’t always forever. Sometimes just a few fleeting moments but you recognize the connection almost immediately.
    I believe God sends people to you when there is a need or a void in your life that needs filling, when the soul is in need of some growth.
    Kris

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  22. Laura

    Oh, Corey! Thank you for the link to the video. How true those words.
    Laura

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  23. susanna’s sketchbook

    Yes, it IS wonderful when we connect immediately with someone. I’m so glad you both were able to meet one another, Corey. 🙂

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  24. Gracie

    I have my lifetime friends, people I grown up with, but in the last few years I met some interesting people who quickly became friends, and I find it so beautiful that at 47 I can still be able to let the unknown enter into my life….

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  25. Joy

    LOVED the video, certainly some the best advice I ever heard! And yes, I wear sunscreen 🙂

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