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Daily Question, June 29

What memories sustain me?

  • TRAVEL JEMBER

    nice
    Travel Jember

  • pkr
    I am grieving the loss of 2 very very significant loved ones, my mother & my cherished brother. My mom passed away 4 months ago & my brother a year ago. Most of my memories of them are happy, good times, some are painful too. Knowing their spirits live on & I have my memories of them is aiding my healing. I do try to stay in the present moment but knowing they both live on in my memories sustains me. I feel their presence. These memories fill up the deep void their passings have lef...

    I am grieving the loss of 2 very very significant loved ones, my mother & my cherished brother. My mom passed away 4 months ago & my brother a year ago. Most of my memories of them are happy, good times, some are painful too. Knowing their spirits live on & I have my memories of them is aiding my healing. I do try to stay in the present moment but knowing they both live on in my memories sustains me. I feel their presence. These memories fill up the deep void their passings have left.

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    • Pilgrim

      I am so sorry for the loss of your mom and brother, pkr. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

      • pkr

        Pilgrim, thank you. You are so kind & thoughtful. Have a blessed day.

  • Hot Sauce

    Memories of the times I have struggled and thought I would never get through it and then came through in the end sustain me because they remind me that I will also get through whatever I am going through now.

  • Linda

    I am glad for the many times I was able to help someone, which is what I believe to be my life’s purpose. Those memories do sustain me.

  • Barb C
    Given that this is the Gratefulness site I often read the questions not for what they ask us directly, but as an invitation to be grateful for whatever might arise as we sit with the thoughts. I don't do a lot of looking back and the older I get the more memories turn into archaeological layers that would require excavation to be fully visible. One type of memory that comes up every so often: My husband and I both appreciate a good belly laugh and have certain phrases that remind us of a time we...

    Given that this is the Gratefulness site I often read the questions not for what they ask us directly, but as an invitation to be grateful for whatever might arise as we sit with the thoughts. I don’t do a lot of looking back and the older I get the more memories turn into archaeological layers that would require excavation to be fully visible. One type of memory that comes up every so often: My husband and I both appreciate a good belly laugh and have certain phrases that remind us of a time we laughed out loud together. Those memories may not make me laugh as hard as the original event, but we definitely smile and perhaps chuckle a bit. A sense of humor definitely sustains me at times!

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  • Yram

    As many said, I am not sure memories sustain me but they do teach me. Today is the birth-day of a dear friend that died in February. Our sharing of life will be foremost in my mind. Her saying was “good self care is important”. Here’s to a day of gentle self care.

  • Pilgrim

    Memories of so many blessings in my life … wonderful people who were (and are) there for me, experiences … some unexpected like going to seminary for graduate degree, hiding in the woods as a child (often with a book) or getting to know the trees and lakes (still doing this), becoming a mother and grandmother…
    Barbra Streisand is singing in my brain … “Memories … “

  • Charlie T

    I’ve been made aware that I have a habit of dwelling in the past. It’s true. Im trying to be conscious of this and bring myself back to the present again and again. And the future ain’t what it used to be either 😁

  • sunnypatti

    I don’t think memories sustain me, but I have memories that I love and appreciate. There are also those that I don’t really love, but they are part of my DNA, part of my past, part of what has shaped me into who I am today. What sustains me is my connection with all that is. My faith and trust. I enjoy making new memories and enjoying the journey, but I don’t think they sustain me. I think they are just pieces of the big puzzle.

  • carol

    When I recall those moments where I leaned to be and accept and allow and celebrate I am filled with happiness and gratitude to those who enabled and supported these moments. My hope is that I have left a few of those moments in others lives.

  • Mary Pat

    Many different kinds of memories….some growing up with my family, some with my late husband, some with my children and grandchildren, some with friends, some by the ocean. So many good memories….I am blessed….

  • dragonfly
    All the times I have spent in nature. A vacation on Vancouver Island with its beaches, awe inspiring forests, the mountains and whales and other sea creatures to watch is especially prominent in my mind. Or Sprucewoods Provincial Park where I took my shoes off to walk through the warm sand, saw a multitude of beautiful butterflies and prairie flowers. When my memories go to those places I feel calm and reassured that everything is as it is supposed to be and always will be even when I don't see ...

    All the times I have spent in nature. A vacation on Vancouver Island with its beaches, awe inspiring forests, the mountains and whales and other sea creatures to watch is especially prominent in my mind. Or Sprucewoods Provincial Park where I took my shoes off to walk through the warm sand, saw a multitude of beautiful butterflies and prairie flowers. When my memories go to those places I feel calm and reassured that everything is as it is supposed to be and always will be even when I don’t see it that way.

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  • EJP

    Memories of joyful times spent with children and grandchildren sustain me always.

  • Julian Daal Childers

    The memories in which I prove that even though I may be going through a challenging time, I have gotten through and overcome similar or even worse times.

  • Don Jones

    There is the “big” memory – the genetic memory. Like, my great, great Grandfathers nose being on my face. Then there is my life memories which are now fragrances that drift in and out, but I have learned not to dwell. But the most profound memory now is remembering who I really am. That is what now matters so much.

    • Javier Visionquest

      Interesting. The second reference I’ve heard in my life to genetic memory; the first being the explanation as to why honeybees will ignore obviously melliferous plants that are “not within their genetic memory” in favor of bland and common dandelion, clover, and alfalfa, etc. I had suspected the term was just pseudo-scientific woo. Thanks for the insight.

      • Barb C

        This has offered up a learning moment. Now I know the word melliferous and have read a bit about genetic memory (but only the Wikipedia entry). Don uses it for something I would call genetic inheritance, you use it for something I would call instinct. Either might shape how and who we are in the world.

  • Kevin

    Fortunately for me, most of my memories I can look back upon and cherish, but I wouldn’t say that they sustain me. Instead, memories, pleasant and unpleasant, inform, instruct, and add meaning and roundness to my life’s journey thus far. I suspect too, that all of my memories will have a hand in the new memories yet to be made in this sparkling new day.

  • Michele

    Not sure which to pick…I’ll go with family camping trips to Hills Creek State Park:)
    I miss Holly, Howie, and Pollyanna – you’re all on my mind and I hope you are well.

  • Antoinette

    No memories sustain me. The present moment sustains me. Being here in this moment fills me
    With great gratitude and love. Everything is wonderful right here right now.

    • Don Jones

      ¨In reality there is only the source, dark in itself, making everything shine. Unperceived, it causes perception. Unfelt, it causes feeling. Unthinkable, it causes thought. Non-being, it gives birth to being. It is the immovable background of motion. Once you are there, you are at home everywhere.¨ Nisargadatta

  • Christine
    My best memories are those with my husband Karel. For the first time after his death, the beautiful memories were gone. All I could think about was how sick he was and how weak he was at the end of his life. When I woke up during the night, I kept experiencing his death over and over again. I was also afraid that it would remain that way for the rest of my life. But life isn’t out to hit me so hard. That time was also needed to mourn deeply. Now the best memories are actually all the moments I...

    My best memories are those with my husband Karel. For the first time after his death, the beautiful memories were gone. All I could think about was how sick he was and how weak he was at the end of his life. When I woke up during the night, I kept experiencing his death over and over again. I was also afraid that it would remain that way for the rest of my life. But life isn’t out to hit me so hard. That time was also needed to mourn deeply. Now the best memories are actually all the moments I had with him. loving moments may I say. Our love is the most beautiful memory and lasting forever.❤

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