Remember

Today we remember those that came before us who gave their tomorrows so that we may have our present. anon

Yet after decades of peace we find ourselves at the 11th hour for planet earth after which it will be too late to recover the damage to our biosphere.  Do we want to be remembered as the generations responsible for self extinction?

Oftentimes our finest hours just follow our darkest. Neal A. Maxwell

In numerology 11-11 represents rebirth and the wisdom to write a new chapter in your life.  Churchill said that to each there comes a special moment in their lives when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing.   Today let us give thanks to those who came before and let each of us seize the moment to fulfil our collective mission to save planet earth.  Simply switching off lights and refusing plastic is enough. Cumulatively small decisions, choices, actions make a very big difference. Jane Goodall   Small acts multiplied by millions, can transform the world. Howard Zinn So Don’t ask. Act. Let your actions define you. T. Jefferson and Let this be our finest hour.

Memories

Memory is defined as the faculty of acquiring, storing, retaining and retrieving information and can be sensory, short or long term. 

Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. Stanislas de Boufflers Sensory memory is transitory lasting seconds however it can trigger the memory of a moment.

Happiness is health and a short memory! Audrey Hepburn Freud referred to short term memory as the conscious mind paying attention to the here and now.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal. Cicero. Long term memories lie outside of our awareness in the realm of the pre and unconscious, recalled when needed.

As we age selective memory loss may lead to dementia.  There is no coincidence that an accurate test for dementia is simply drawing a clock face. We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams. Jeremy Irons

The longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it. Stevie wonder

Let’s use music as our Tardis to remember  The Way We Were by Barbara Streisand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifWOSnoCS0M