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Sacred Space » Homepage: "As we grow older and have fewer tasks ahead of us, we have leisure to indulge our memories. We should choose with care the memories we indulge. Even in old age they shape our moods. If we are seduced into what you might call sore memories, resentments and grievances, then people will avoid us. The world is hard enough without doses of other people’s gloom to darken it. But we can lift our own and others’ moods if we linger on the joyful mysteries of our life, on the people we loved and the experiences that we felt as blessings. We don’t want to bore our friends with complacency or boastfulness. Gratitude for God’s gifts is different. It is one of the basic themes of any mature spirituality, and it makes us easy to live with."