“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart”—Haruki Murakami. Our grand memories can influence and elevate our attitude and state of mind. Those good ones enter into our body of thoughts and penetrate our feeling nature lifting us into happiness and feeling loved.

I recall a vivid memory when I was a five year old in a car traveling through the streets of New York City. My head rested upon my mother’s lap. I stared up in amazement of the very tall sky rises and towering buildings, one after another. I remember feeling an awesome love so unconditional and all-loving. I felt the comfort of love throughout my entire body and mind. The feeling of complete well-being rested within me.

I held onto the memory and use the recollection and the feelings accompanying those moments resting on my mom’s lap feeling utterly loved. I bring to mind the memory at times when I feel love is absent or need reassurance all is well. The memory reminds me of God’s perfect love.

One treasure of an idea is the truth of holy love—it is ever available. Only we can block it with our thoughts or lack of focus on the constant companion of pure godly love so near it is here when we tune in and turn to feeling complete well-being.

There are other memories not as kind as the endearing ones. Yet they serve the purpose of coming up to be healed and looked at in the light of today’s understanding. We do gain in wisdom with each experience and every time we receive greater insight into a tough memory. When we change the way we look at and feel about a stirring memory, the memory loses its sting, its power over us.

We have the presence of choice, of light and love to bring to our challenging memories. We have the ability to feel any feelings then say farewell to the discordant ones. We do not have to feel discomfort anymore. The memory diminishes with the new light we are knowing and radiant love we envelop the memory in. 

We redefine and revise any disturbing memory as we affirm within ourselves we have learned and gained in wisdom and do not need to entertain the memory again. We have reframed the recollection and set it free to return to nothingness.