HOW DO YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE’S JOURNEY?

by | Oct 10, 2015 | Aging, Faith |

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In the later stages of life it is important to value your life’s journey. One way to do that is to record your life history. Use a list of questions that will evoke memories. Here are some sample questions for your personal history taken from Houston and Parker’s book.

  • What is your spiritual story?
  • What is your faith tradition?
  • Describe how you arrived at your faith or lack thereof.
  • In what ways has your spirituality and/or religious beliefs/practices influenced your daily work? Your Family? Your health?
  • How was your faith helpful during troubled times?
  • How has your involvement with a Christian congregation been helpful?
  • Apart from the Bible, what are three or four books that have been of vital help to you?
  • What refreshes you most when tired?
  • What answers to prayer have influenced you over the years?
  • How has your church involvement been difficult at times?
  • How has your faith helped you to mature? How has your faith helped you with personal illness or disability?
  • How has your faith changed your life for good or bad?
  • What is your greatest hope for your children and grandchildren?
  • What message do you want to leave behind?
  • What is your earliest childhood memory?
  • What kind of games did you play growing up?
  • What did you do for fun as a child?
  • What were your family chores?
  • What was school like for you as a child?
  • What were your best and worst subjects?
  • Where did you attend school, college etc.?
  • Who were your childhood heroes?
  • What church did you attend?
  • Who were your friends when you were growing up?
  • What world events had the most impact on you as a child?
  • What was a typical family dinner?
  • What were your favorite foods?
  • How is the world different today from when you were a child?
  • Who was the oldest relative you remember as a child? What do you remember about them?
  • What was your profession and how did you choose it?
  • What was the most valuable thing you learned from your parents?
  • What did your family enjoy doing together?
  • What accomplishments are you the most proud of?
  • What is the one thing you most want people to remember about you?