Welcome to Food For Thought Podcast, the place to explore, celebrate and manifest a life

motivated and defined by unconditional compassion and optimal wellness.

Today's episode is learning by heart, the act of memorization.

Before we begin, my name is Colleen Patrick Goudreau.

You can find me at joyfulvegan.com and on social media you can find my books, wherever

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vegan trips around the world.

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A lot of you who listen to the episode, 50 ways to create a meaningful life, wanted

to hear more about some of the 50 items on the list, and I've gotten a lot of requests

to hear more about one in particular, I get requests to hear about all of them, and

I feel like we've been covering them, but the one that people are asking about more than

others interestingly is my suggestion in that 50 ways I create a meaningful life, to

memorize something, anything, a poem, a literary passage, a speech, a prayer, a philosophical

treatise, whatever is meaningful to you, it is one of the most meaningful things I do,

and I will explain why.

In this podcast, you hear me talk a lot about language and words and literature and writing,

all of which I love, and I know many of you do as well, but remember, you're listening

to a podcast, you're listening, I'm speaking, and you're listening to me speak, and in fact,

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