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Visiting the Temple of Memory
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Donna Henes
Have been reading John O’Donahue’s book, Anam Ċara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom, which, translated from the Celtic means “Soul Friend” I’m going to copy out for you part of it entitled “The Soul as Temple of Memory” The Celtic stories suggest that time as the rhythm of soul has an eternal dimension where everything…
The Meaning of Our Memories
By
Donna Henes
by Sister Joan Chittister Memory is one of the most powerful functions of the human mind. It is also one of life’s most determining ones. What goes on in memory has a great deal to do with what goes on in us all our lives. Memory is a wild horse, unbridled, riderless, maverick. It takes…
The Ageing Brain Doesn’t Need To Wane
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Donna Henes
We expect our mental faculties to dwindle as we grow older, but a new book suggests it is not inevitable, writes Sylvia Thompson in her book, The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain. The popular view of growing old is filled with pessimistic accounts of minds which become less alert and more forgetful, and bodies…
Midlife AAADD
By
Donna Henes
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. or Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. Thank goodness there’s a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better even though I have it! This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look…
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