Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. — Dr. Seuss It is quite an experience when we reminisce about the past especially with friends and/or family who share the same experience. During this time of reminiscing, there is always someone in the group that would say, “Those were the […]
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Meaning Breaths Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.”— Unknown How can we reach an understanding about things, if we don’t give it meaning? It is like listening to a new song for the first time. We can’t relate to the new song until we begin […]
Returning Back To Our Old Stomping Ground
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When we return back to our stomping grounds it evoke memories of our past. It is an experience of old familiarity. We think about how things used to be in our youth. We also experience the innocence of that time period when things were fresh and new. These memories were the […]
Memories and Dreams
Post Written By Eugene Morga “Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.”—Douglas Ivester Our memories represent our past’s experiences while our dreams represent what could be in our future. Although we allow our memories to define us, we can know that our dreams help us to look for what is possible. We can […]
What Are Memories?
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Memories are from our experiences. In other words, our memories are the offspring of our experiences. Memories are very powerful because we can revisit them and experience them again. Some of our memories are very vivid while others are very faint. Our faint memories are the ones we want to […]
Past Wrongs
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.” ― Gautama Buddha Our memories are made from our experiences. It is how we respond to our past experiences that are important. Instead of burdening our minds with past wrongs, we can put the past wrongs in a reasonable […]
Memories In Pictures
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Pictures are moments in time and space. We don’t want to forget our special occasions that we want to cherish forever. So we captures these moments through pictures, sounds and smells. And when many years has gone by, we can revisit those moments by thumbing through our photo album and […]
Finding Meaning In Tragic Events
Post Written By Eugene Morgan How do we find meaning in a tragic event that affects us in a personal way? One way that we can find meaning is to not forget those who have lost their lives. We can create a memorial in their honor. Those who have lost their lives tragically can live […]
Memories Are The Storehouses
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We have good memories and bad memories. We have the tendency to focus on our bad memories. These memories can be triggered by a smell, an image, or a sound. The same things can trigger good memories. But we seemed to be conditioned to focus on the unpleasant memories, which […]
When Saying Goodbye
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Saying goodbye is hard to do when we know it’s indefinite. When saying goodbye, seems final, we’re still left with good memories of that person. Our memory of them can be our treasure. We may have kept pictures of them, recording of their voice, and the feeling of them we […]
Treasure Chest of Happiness
Written by Eugene Morgan “Leave a trail of happiness…and look forward to the days when you can look back,” Milton Erickson Whatever we do to make us happy, we can collect and put them in our treasure chest. We can save them for later. When we have an investment of happiness, in our later years, […]
Very Charming Stuff, Capacity
Written By Eugene Morgan “It’s very charming, the capacity that we have if we’ll only learn to use other areas of our brain.” Milton Erickson When we begin to use other areas of our brain, our ability to do things increases. What do we suppose what other areas of our brain is Erickson taking […]