Ten Things I Brought Back With Me From Paris
- The reminder to keep connections to those you hold dear in your heart no matter how far or close they live.
- Explore the world around you. Get to know what and who is in your own backyard.
- Pay attention to your surroundings. Deeply experience things both beautiful and ordinary, hear glorious sounds, and participate in creative adventures daily.
- Select small tastes are much more satisfying than opulent overindulgences.
- Walking 2 to 5 miles daily makes you feel great, helps the environment and can most definitely even be done in LA.
- It should never be considered a waste of time to sit under the trees and do nothing.
- When you show politeness, respectfulness and appreciation, you find that a good share of people are more than willing to assist you when you are in need.
- A rekindled desire to be able to converse in multiple languages.
- The knowledge that the foundation for most things worth eating is Butter, Sugar and Eggs
- The realization that the world would be a much happier place if more people walked around with long, thin sticks of bread under their arm.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 6:41 am
For #5, it also hurts our feet mom!! After 3 days of walking that much, IT HURTS!!!
~LOVE YOU!!!!!!!
June 4th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Wonderful words Donna.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Great ideas !! I think if you’re going to partake in #9, you’d better abide by #4 and #5 !!!
June 19th, 2008 at 9:08 am
I so agree with #10
Your whole entry reminded me of Sara midda’s South of france…a sketch book..with her whimsical illustrations of pastry, breads, landscapes…beautiful, colorful and aromatic pages (: Check it out http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Palace/8885/illustration.htm
You write so beautifully Donna..
June 19th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Hi Orly, so I clicked on this link and it said “sorry that page can’t be found” I am interested to see these illustrations you speak of – if you find it somewhere else, it would be great if you could resend in the link. Thanks for the lovely comment, too!
June 19th, 2008 at 9:21 am
If we could all take these “ten things” and incorporate them into our lives, we could make the world a much better place to live in. These are very inspiring.
June 19th, 2008 at 9:29 am
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Palace/8885/illustration.html
I’m resending it but it looks the same to me..I hope it will work..if not I have the book so I can show it to you..There is a really cute
drawing in the book (not in the site) of a French man walking a baguette on a leash and under it says ‘The Daily baguette’..