Long Line of Love Memoirs

Preserving Your Past

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Recording] the values and life lessons that you wish to leave to others….helps you organize your own experience and focus on who you are.  It's a spiritual inventory about what you want to pass on to others. —Dr. Andrew Weil, author of Health Aging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical & Mental Health Benefits

In his new book Healthy Aging, Dr. Andrew Weil argues that recording the values and life lessons that we wish to leave to others is important to our emotional and spiritual health, and an important component of successful aging.  Studies have supported his claim.  Especially when done for or with others, remembering the past has also been shown to:

 

·     improve confidence, self-respect, & life  

      satisfaction

·     enhance connectedness to others & the world

      at large

·     increase cognitive function & mental

      stimulation

·     aid in dealing with loss, grief, transitions, or

      depression 

·     help individuals to organize their experiences

      & feelings in a meaningful way

 

Additionally, information about the health of our family and genetic predispositions to diseases can be conveyed through a written personal history.

 

Contact:  650-388-8881  *  info@longlineoflovememoirs.com

Why Record Your Life Story?

1.   Only you can let your children and grandchildren know about the lives of you, your parents & grandparents, because you are the link in this chain of lives and the voice of the past.

 

2. Recording your stories gives your loved ones a precious part of you that they can treasure forever and pass on.  Leaving your life story is a priceless legacy that your children & grandchildren will treasure forever.  A recent study has shown that these family memories & keepsakes are the inheritance your children really desire, far above material things.

 

3. Only you can accurately tell the story of your life and reflect upon the wisdom gained and lessons learned along the journey.  The values you hold dear can live on in your descendants who will come to know you through the pages of a well-loved book.  Dr. Andrew Weil, author of Healthy Aging, says that creating a document with your values and wisdom is “a wonderful gift to leave your family…, [but] the primary importance is what it can give you in the midst of life.”

 

4.  The stories you share draw an accurate historical picture of what life was like for you and your generation. Your life gives young people a glimpse into a not-so-distant past that may seem foreign to them – a life before computers, email, televisions & VCRs.

 

5.  Looking back at your life can help you realize how much you’ve achieved & the important role you’ve played in others’ lives. 

 

6.  Stories you heard from parents and grandparents as a child can be passed along to future generations so they can come to know and honor their ancestors as more than just a name and date on a family tree.

 

7. Precious photos and memorabilia treasured for years can be scanned into a computer and placed into the book so that each descendant has a copy of them along with caption information identifying the people, places and things depicted.

 

8. Your life, complete with sorrows and triumphs, can stand as a testimony to loved ones that adversity can be overcome, happiness will return after tragedy and anything is possible if you work for it.

 

What legacy will you leave behind?

 

Adapted from “Why Should You Create a Memoir,” http://www.chaptersoflife.com/freebies/reasons_memoir.htm