Golden Memories

How many really "e;cool"e; experiences have you had? Ones where you have every right to say, "e;That was well done"e; or "e;I'm really proud of that."e;Allen Green asked himself this question one contemplative December evening in 2021, and was surprised at what he discovered. He easily recalled 25 memorable, gratifying events in his life: starting various businesses; a unique mathematics discovery; being portrayed in a BBC documentary; exotic travels; ancestor discoveries; his "e;hippy"e; years; even spending time in Federal prison. The more he looked, the more he found. So much "e;cool"e; stuff!"e;What would happen,"e; he wondered, "e;if I stitched all these memories together, so they would encompass most of my life? Would that change for the positive how I perceive my life?"e; He had a strong hunch it would. And so, he began living these questions for the next 12 months by writing down everything he could remember about each special experience. Along the way, many other understandings emerged: about time, about the "e;past"e; and "e;future,"e; about the nature of memories, about valuing the present. These ponderings began to be incorporated in the 25 vignettes he was writing, in the Introduction, and in the Concluding Thoughts. And thus was Golden Memories conceived and born.