Today I am grateful not just for having travelled, but for the memories of those trips. I can go back anytime in my mind and relive those moments, breathe in the air, feel the textures of the trip both physical and emotional, hear the sounds, and be there once again.
As the years pass the relived moments lose their acuteness. Feelings and fragrances dull, as do sights, and sounds grow fainter with the years.
But the memories themselves are there, they exist, and they cannot be taken from me except by the ravages of disease or the simple passage of time.
I have photos to help remember. As long as I only have time with which to fight, I will still have my memories, and for that I am grateful.
12 comments:
Nothing can ever replace those memories from traveling! Thanks for reminding me to be grateful today.
THANK YOU! How right you are!! I never thought to be thankful for my memories...I will remember that!
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Have a wonderful day Leah.
So true, Bossy Betty.
Dawn, it is one of many things we just don't think about.
I find that things like pictures or journals bring things back . I kept a journal for about ten years. when I read it I tend to remember everything from that day. Beautiful shot of the moutain.
Yes, i'm grateful for all the traveling i got to do, and hope i can do so again someday.
Your reminders of gratitude are something for which to be grateful, also. Thanks.
The written word is a great way to recall, Red. Thanks.
I hope so, too, Messymimi.
Thanks, Hilary.
Yes, there is much to be grateful for, and memory is so very important, for without memories, we cease to exist.
Thanks for the reminder to be grateful!
Beautiful shot Leah. I am grateful to have memories too, well, most of them ;)
Bag Lady, excellent point. Our memories make us.
Reb, thanks. I understand. A few make me cringe, too, but they are real.
Wow, what a beautiful photo and a lovely memory!
I'm often torn between leaving the camera behind and spending more time savoring the moments (rather than getting frustrated trying to capture them, especially as I am a crappy photographer).
But then I'm so grateful to have the pictures to remember!
Crabby, thanks. I took my camera with me everywhere until a few years after J school. It may have raised a few eyebrows even with my J school buddies, but I have those pics now. That's what matters.
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