Your life can be magical when you have reminders of love inside of you.
Much of life we have to do just to pay for the right to exist. We work at jobs, and pay the rent and do the basics to handle those requirements.
Then there is part of life that we choose to do, and one of those things in relationships and love. You can invest your time so that when you love others, you can feel that love and have reminders of the love throughout the day.
For example, I have shared that I often think of beautiful moments and experiences that I have had in the past. Not because I want to live in the past, but because something I am doing now reminds me of them.
One example of this is the first gf that I had in kindergarten. Even though she died young, I still think of her. If she is in heaven she is probably tired of getting a notification about me. Still I have to laugh because for me she was an angel. She was kind and friendly and my first female friend that I choose.
I think of her sometimes randomly when I am going about my day just like I think of many people who were kind and loving to me in the past. My brain is like “Remember them?” Whenever I think of people who were kind with me, they are overwhelmingly female. I wrote in another article how few men were kind to me in my past. Not to complain but rather just an observation.
When we treat others with respect and kindness we create memories that we can enjoy forever. I certainly made mistakes in my past, but I also acted with kindness and love and for that I have many memories that are magical to me.
Often when I have spoken to people years later they remark about how they found me sweet or kind and it makes me smile. I thought they were sweet and kind too, and when you find that it is special. It is wonderful to know that your life could bring some healing and comfort to others.
My career has been IT, but my passion has been connecting with others. I thought that being a psychologist might be a good way to help others, but it would have been too intense for me. I know that you have to not get emotionally involved in others and I don’t, so fixing computers has helped me be balanced and healthy.
People who don’t value those special moments with others I don’t understand. When you get older and all of your material things are gone, and you can’t enjoy the things you once did, all you have is memories. I have a rich memory bank to draw on. What do you have?