Life Well Lived #6: Selecting Memory

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
โ€“ย Helen Keller

Every time folks new to Pittsburgh visit, I offer tours. They always includeย Mountย Washingtonย [see gorgeous picture] ย then the dancing fountains below. One night as Ron from Georgia watched the leaping sprays, he asked why I was smiling, for no apparent reason. My answer: I was remembering a fun visit with my grandson and his cousin.

Inย Jim Rohnโ€™sย must-readย The Art of Exceptional Living,ย this guide for making your life a masterpiece remindsย to take tons of pictures, especially of uplifting experiences. Theyโ€™re memory prompts, which are important because …

Sometimes my brain produces parades of couldโ€™a, shouldโ€™a done regrets. Ugh! After enough brow beatings, Iโ€™ve learned to ask for feel-good memories which is why creating Paths to Joy ย helps. Once such places are found, theyโ€™re easier to visit again. As stated by Becky Aligata in theย โ€œAutumn Treasuresโ€ย post โ€œMemories are like treasures locked deep within the storehouse of our souls; to keep our hearts warm.โ€

Keep good ones.

This quick video shows how memory works as well as how to improve memory and grow the brain.

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Sandra Gould Ford is an author, educator and former steelworker who presents arts experiences to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. She belongs to the Authorโ€™s Guild and Science Fiction Writers of America and is a former member of the American Society of Media Photographers. For more information, visit her web site: SandraGouldFord.com.

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