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Post by caressa on Sept 7, 2011 0:50:02 GMT -5
You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning
Remember your good memories, but live for today and keep the memories behind you.
—Jodi K. Elliott
The stuff of our memories comprises who we have become. Each recollection is akin to an ingredient in a simmering pot of stew. The full flavor of our lives is enhanced by each additional experience, whether it is painful or joyful.
Our experiences have a way of dovetailing, of grouping themselves, perhaps even tailoring themselves, to provide us the best advantage. So human is our tendency to linger in thought on past times that we fail to take advantage, to be fully present in the moment, which is assuredly making a necessary contribution to the total panorama of our lives.
Who are we to judge the value of any single experience? It's how all experiences have mingled, that we must trust. We can be certain in retrospect, that those situations that created the most inner turmoil also offered us the most as growing, developing women.
The experiences offered today, in the 24 hours ahead, are significant because they are unique. I will cherish them for the addition they are making to my total person.
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Post by caressa on Sept 7, 2011 0:53:05 GMT -5
Talked to my sponsor about this tonight. We can overanalyze instead of just accept what was and how it is apart of who we are in today. Hindsight is a good teacher. It helps me to not repeat the old patterns and behaviors. A lesson lived is a lesson learned hopefully and doesn't need to be repeated.
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Post by caressa222 on Jan 30, 2019 2:29:27 GMT -5
Well I have found that we can learn and we can learn again. With my loss of memory, I need to keep looking, listening, and learning one day at a time, because I might forget it later today, let alone tomorrow or a month from now. It is about that "being human" that I don't like, who has to accept what is in the moment, whether she likes it or not. It isn't always about ourselves either, it is accepting where other people are at and respecting their space.
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