We remember, even if we don’t remember.

But love reminds us.

This is what astounded me today.

While they forget what they just told me two sentences prior, there’s an awareness in their eyes when they remember something that touched their heart.

Something connected to feeling.

It’s not necessarily always “wayback when” although, often it is.

However, I was astonished at what they remembered that touched their soul even from yesterday: that unexpected card that was sent, someone remembering their special meal request, a heart wrenching story or a lifetime of memories.

All of these stemming from a heart that was touched.

These are the stories and situations they remember and that bring them to reality.

We remember love.

Maybe because we are wired to or maybe because love is what propels all things.

Every teeny tiny little thing we do makes an impression or doesn’t.

This truly, from my perspective, is what is getting these people through.

I don’t think we can ever comprehend how far reaching our words and actions go, or how they are woven together in the tapestry of life, however that turns out for each of us.

So many of my people have lost so much and they sit alone and yet are still filled with the love that is given and more importantly, was given, to them, at the exact time, to get them through their present reality.

I’ll leave you with this story…

One lady who doesn’t get any visitors and doesn’t have any family left, showed me a card that she received from someone she can’t recall to memory. But I knew, I knew that this was someone that was very special to her.

During our time today, she repeated the same things to me about this card over and over and how much it meant to her. She couldn’t get her mind off it and she just continued to share with me and asked me who this was more times than I could almost bear to answer. Her face lit up with joy, which is not a usual occurrence!

I’m here to tell you that any little thing we do matters when it is done out of love. It’s a magical thing that words cannot begin to describe.

(His ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are high above ours…)

May we all live and love to the best we can and know that love makes a difference, it adds up over time and makes a tremendous impact, more extensive than we could ever imagine!

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