Sunday, August 09, 2009
Creating Memories
My friend Warren recently introduced me to Clay Primrose, a smart, thoughtful guy who recently moved down here from Austin with his wife Jennifer. Apparently they've been hosting a Friday night "salon" for interested friends and acquaintances for a number of years, first in Austin and now here. What began as a weekly reminder to attendees has now become a much-anticipated weekly post Clay writes and distributes to an ever-growing circle of fans. This past week's entry, which in part references a full-moon gathering I attended, is something I thought well worth sharing.
Five good guys, wine, Chinese food, full moon, firepit, village lights across the valley, wide-ranging discussion about things that matter.
Just another Wednesday night? Could've been. But, no, this will be remembered--a memory was created.
I have a friend who always tells me that in his life, he is in the business of making great memories. And he does it--with his family, his friends, his co-workers--always looking very creatively at how it could be done.
When I first heard that, I though--that is so smart. After all, the memories are all you get to take with you at the end of your life, at the end of a day, a week, a year. You can feel rich, satisfied, fulfilled, and brimming with life--if you create great memories.
You can feel destitute, unsatisfied, meaningless and without a life--if you don't create them. And that may be true even if a person has a ton of dough and is covered up with possessions and apparent accomplishment.
A great memory does not require money and possessions and accomplishment to be created.
But it does require some intentional thought and real engagement and paying attention to the things that truly matter to you.
Five good guys, wine, Chinese food, full moon, firepit, village lights across the valley, wide-ranging discussion about things that matter.
Just another Wednesday night? Could've been. But, no, this will be remembered--a memory was created.
I have a friend who always tells me that in his life, he is in the business of making great memories. And he does it--with his family, his friends, his co-workers--always looking very creatively at how it could be done.
When I first heard that, I though--that is so smart. After all, the memories are all you get to take with you at the end of your life, at the end of a day, a week, a year. You can feel rich, satisfied, fulfilled, and brimming with life--if you create great memories.
You can feel destitute, unsatisfied, meaningless and without a life--if you don't create them. And that may be true even if a person has a ton of dough and is covered up with possessions and apparent accomplishment.
A great memory does not require money and possessions and accomplishment to be created.
But it does require some intentional thought and real engagement and paying attention to the things that truly matter to you.
# posted by goots @ 10:35 AM 
