Let us first talk about memories. I think stories do the best

Job of instructing. And this story is called "The Two Delusional

Ladies." And I thought maybe you'd like to hear some of

Those stories, and maybe they will affect your life as well

Ability to gather in that information, we just don't have a big enough

Mind. And not only that, the data that does come into our mind is

Like drinking out of a fire hose all day long. Our mind is busily not

Trying to remember things, but forget things. Vast amounts of data

Unimportant stuff, we're trying to get rid of most of it so we can

Maintain our sanity. And the little

Bits left, those are our memories

Let us first talk about memories. I think stories do the best

Job of instructing. And this story is called "The Two Delusional

Ladies." And I thought maybe you'd like to hear some of

Those stories, and maybe they will affect your life as well

The other thing I do, at night, I talk to my wife Libby and we say

"What was the best thing that happened today?" We go back and think

About the best thing that happened that night. Of course not

Because that's what looks like it. "Oh, you should have seen traffic

" What was the best event? And by repeating it, I have heard

Psychologists talk about the ability to increase

Happiness. But after these situations and visiting with

These people, I now recognize this as important as diet

And exercise, and that is working on your memories

A couple of exercises that I do. I have a journal. Every day I

Write down three things I'm grateful for. Three things I'm grateful

For that day. And here's the secret, you can't say the same

Thing over and over again. "The family, health, friends." Okay

Cheating. Every day has to be something completely different

That gets to be hard to do. So eventually what you find yourself

Doing is in the course of your day searching for little things to

Be thankful about so you can remember them that night. So actively

You are starting to remember the very best parts of your day

Saying it out loud, we are in essence living it twice and increasing

The odds that we will remember the very best parts. You see, I have

A dream. And the dream is that when I am 85 years old, I will say

With confidence that I lived a wonderful life. And when asked for

Proof, I will bring memories and

Detailed data that prove the life I led

Let us first talk about memories. I think stories do the best job of

Instructing. And this story is called "The Two Delusional Ladies."