It’s exciting to announce the release of Version 4.0 of the Binder of a Lifetime (BoaL)!

This version contains substantial updates (made in 2019) in the At The End and Key Info sections. Download Version 4.0 sections FREE from the Resources Center of BinderOfALifetime.com

Check out this 4-minute BoaL vlog with BoaL highlights, introduction and “homework” of 30-60 minutes during the next few weeks:

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On a weekly basis, Rita Heikenfeld has a recipe in the local newspaper (Forest Hills Journal) for some glorious food dish. Periodically I cut the recipe out with plans to prepare it. Sadly, that recipe rarely makes it from the newsclippings folder to the dinner table.

Thinking about great recipes and how infrequently they are accomplished got me considering wisdom: what I’ve received in a lifetime and whether it has been effectively enacted and shared with others; what a valuable and treasured recipe book could result from all the great recipes for “significant living” from important people in my life. Could current and future generations be shaped by all we’ve learned if we effectively summarize and share it with them?

So, I started preparing my “recipe for a significant life.” Some key elements are:

• Make family time a priority;
• Whatever your “religious/spiritual persuasion,” spend good time at it;
• Find a group of friends that keep you honest, but also keep you grinning, thinking and laughing.

Or, in true cookbook fashion, maybe we get creative…

• Create a sauce of family and friends blended carefully together;
• Add a healthy amount of spiritual and religious influences, allowing the appropriate amount of time to let it simmer;
• Sprinkle in hobbies and athletic activity, for physical and mental stimulation and relaxation…
• [Full recipe is here: http://bit.ly/SteveLongRecipe ]

Have you ever done such an exercise? Whether you’ve done it previously or are starting it now, I’m wondering if you would you be willing to send me your “recipe for living a significant life.” This can be one or two sentences, a full listing of instructions or ???

If you’re willing to participate, please send your recipe to Long Memories. You can do this in one of several ways: * email thoughts to longmemories2@gmail.com; complete the online form here http://bit.ly/SignificantLifeRecipe ; leave thoughts as a voicemail at 513.330.8503; write your thoughts and mail them to the address on the 513.330.8503 voicemail greeting. Results may be shared (first names only) in a future column and on this webpage: http://bit.ly/CincinnatiRecipesLM

Even if you don’t share thoughts with Long Memories, maybe you will discuss the results with important family members? The Conversations of a Lifetime initiative by Hospice of Cincinnati and the recent Cincinnati Enquirer series on Joe Neyer remind us that there are ideas and experiences worth sharing at all times in life. Please don’t wait too long to do this.

And – depending on the responses – maybe we’ll even create the Cincinnati “cook book” of significant life recipes that Rita can consider publishing someday? J Our senses of taste and smell won’t be quite as satisfied by trying out these recipes, but our hearts will be ever-so-more full!

Enjoy the day…and the memories!

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