Memory 9/7/03

[Paulie]

Memory 9/7/03

Remember your good memories, but live for today and keep the memories behind you.
-Jodi K. Elliott

The stuff of our memories comprise who we have become. Each recollection is akin to an ingredient in a simmering pot of stew. The full flavor of our lives in enhanced by each additional experience, whether it be 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, the 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.


P for DP

[Chy]

So appropriate to read this today Paulie as I spent a good amount of the morning working with my sponser on my 4th step! Thanks!

[Paulie]

(((Chy)))

Timing!!

We were talking at a meeting last night about how God only has me remember what I need to remember when I need to remember it. He does not give me more than I can handle. I beleive this in my heart, I know it is true from experience.

I beleive that what has happened to me in the past does not make up who I am today, they are just things that happened to me.

I don't know if that really has anythign to do with the readings but that is what came up when I read it.