{"id":1713,"date":"2018-03-23T20:55:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T01:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2019-05-17T13:06:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T18:06:06","slug":"discovering-paris-breathe-series-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2018\/03\/23\/discovering-paris-breathe-series-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Paris &#8211; Breathe Series, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-Tower.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1723\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-Tower.jpeg\" alt=\"Eiffel Tower against a blue sky\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-Tower.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-Tower-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-Tower-624x467.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Discovering Paris<\/h3>\n<h3>by Lydia Floren<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Paris has long been on my bucket list. So, last year in celebration of our 30<sup>th<\/sup> wedding anniversary, Andrew and I finally set aside a week to visit this famous place. We stayed at an Airbnb, a 200+ year old walkup apartment in Marais, right in the heart of the city. From this prime spot, under the guidance of our dear friend Jenn, we proceeded to take in the sites and sounds of Paris. We breakfasted on quiche at the patisserie across the street.\u00a0 We strolled down cobblestone streets, and we sipped spiced wine at sunset on Mont Marche We peeked through a clock-face of the Musee D\u2019Orsay\u00a0and snacked on crepes from a roadside vendor. We crossed the Seine via the Pont Neuf, and gazed down the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. And, we smiled (back) at Mona Lisa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And, of course, we (mostly me) took lots of pictures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/City-View.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1719\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/City-View.jpeg\" alt=\"View of a city from above\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/City-View.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/City-View-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/City-View-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Geraniums.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1726\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Geraniums.jpeg\" alt=\"Window box with geraniums\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Geraniums.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Geraniums-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Geraniums-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Cathedral.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1732\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Cathedral.jpeg\" alt=\"Cathedral from below\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Cathedral.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Cathedral-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Cathedral-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Blue-lights.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1714\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Blue-lights.jpeg\" alt=\"Blue fairy lights on Paris street\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Blue-lights.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Blue-lights-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Blue-lights-624x449.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Night-lights.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1731\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Night-lights.jpeg\" alt=\"Streetlights lining a street\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Night-lights.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Night-lights-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Night-lights-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clock.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1720\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clock.jpeg\" alt=\"View through a giant clock face\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clock.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clock-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clock-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crepe.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1721\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crepe.jpeg\" alt=\"crepes being made by street vendor\" width=\"991\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crepe.jpeg 991w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crepe-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crepe-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crepe-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bridge.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1715\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bridge.jpeg\" alt=\"Arched bridge over river at night\" width=\"961\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bridge.jpeg 961w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bridge-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bridge-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bridge-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ceiling.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1718\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ceiling-1024x664.jpeg\" alt=\"The Hall of Mirrors\" width=\"625\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ceiling-1024x664.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ceiling-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ceiling-768x498.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ceiling-624x404.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ceiling.jpeg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-at-night.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1722\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-at-night.jpeg\" alt=\"Eiffel Tower at night\" width=\"704\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-at-night.jpeg 704w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-at-night-300x239.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Eiffel-at-night-624x498.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mona.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1729\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mona-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mona-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mona-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mona-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mona-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mona.jpeg 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paris truly exceeded my expectations. But I never expected that it would change me the way it did. \u00a0After being there a few days I started to see that In Paris, folks didn\u2019t seem to be in a hurry. Despite the December chill, hundreds of people would sit for hours in outside cafes chatting while they sipped coffee or a glass of wine. No one gave more than a passing glance to their cellphones. I don\u2019t remember seeing a TV. Anywhere. As I watched the way Parisians lived, I began to see how isolated my life had become, how isolating our culture tends to be. And rushed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Market.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1728\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Market-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Paris street market\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Market-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Market-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Market-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Market-624x468.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Market.jpeg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafe-gentlemen.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1717\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafe-gentlemen-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"2 young men in cafe\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafe-gentlemen-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafe-gentlemen-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafe-gentlemen-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafe-gentlemen-624x468.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafe-gentlemen.jpeg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/New-friends.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1730\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/New-friends.jpeg\" alt=\"five friends in a cafe\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/New-friends.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/New-friends-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/New-friends-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parisians by their example, <a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2018\/03\/02\/breathe-just-breathe\/\">reminded me to live my life more relaxed, more connected and less distracted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><b>The real world<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>But Paris is not the real world, at least not my world. In that world I have responsibilities: houses to clean, jobs to do, children to tend. It didn\u2019t take me long to\u00a0 plunge again into that Life.\u00a0 But often in the ordinary days I would find myself drifting back \u00a0back to our time in Paris, and I would feel my heart smile.\u00a0 I would remember again that\u00a0<b>finding joy in life is not about what I do as much as how I do it.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Freedom.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1725\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Freedom.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Freedom.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Freedom-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Freedom-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I would remind myself that<\/p>\n<p><b>There is time<\/b>,<em> if I will take it<\/em>, to linger over dinner, share a laugh, snap a picture.<\/p>\n<p><b>There is resolve<\/b>, <em>if I will use it<\/em>, to turn off my cellphone and clear my over-busy schedule.<\/p>\n<p><b>There is opportunity<\/b>, <i>if I will grab it<\/i>, to savor the moment, to soak in the beauty, and\u2014most of all\u2014to enjoy the relationships I have been given along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Paris&#8230;.it\u2019s been awhile. \u00a0My heart still smiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bridge-of-Locks.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1716\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bridge-of-Locks.jpeg\" alt=\"dozens of padlocks with love messages\" width=\"900\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bridge-of-Locks.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bridge-of-Locks-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bridge-of-Locks-768x544.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bridge-of-Locks-624x442.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>For more, read <a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2018\/03\/02\/breathe-just-breathe\/\">Breathe Series Part 1<\/a>, and<a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2018\/03\/16\/meditating-gods-presence\/\"> Breathe Series Part 2<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovering Paris by Lydia Floren Paris has long been on my bucket list. 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