Have you ever heard of “event boundaries”. I hadn’t until I read an article in the AARP magazine about this very topic. Of course, since the article was featured in that publication, it was focusing on senior citizens. The article discussed the memory problems many of us experience every day and went on to describe research indicating much of what we experience in not loss of memory at all. It is a situation where we experience “event boundaries”. Event boundaries are the points where continuous experiences are divided into distinct events in memory and cognition.

The piece used the example of our inability to go from one room to another and remember why we went into the second room. I’m sure we have all experienced this. I can recall it happening to me all my life, not just as I have gotten older. We all probably solved this problem quickly by returning to the first room which would trigger our memory as a reminder why we went elsewhere.

 We were not aware this frequent occurrence had a name. It was discovered this was happening as our brains got acclimated to the first room and its surroundings and when we went elsewhere, our brains immediately begin focusing on the new surroundings forgetting the “event” from which we had just come. The first event (the first room) had been interrupted when we entered a new boundary (the second room).

After reading this I was somewhat relieved to know there was a reason for this clearly aggravating issue. I assumed it was not all attributed to old age since I had experienced this my whole life, but of course I imagined it was getting worse as my mind and body aged.

How blessed are we God does not have “event boundaries” when it comes to His unconditional love for us. He does not forget about us when another issue needs attention. God is always available to guide us, strengthen us, help us, uphold us and, teach us to be more like Him. He does not go on to another problem and forget about us, leaving us to flail around, searching for answers.

God is an ever-present help in our time of trouble. Psalm 46

Remember this as we go through our lives. If we believe God is our Savior and ask for His help, He will not be interrupted, but always be there for us. Thanks be to God!

Patty