It sounded like a helicopter--some kind of public announcement or instruction. We both turned our attention curiously, across the street in the direction of the loud voice--the stranger next to me and myself--only to realize it was an Amtrak station and announcement.

"Sounded like a helicopter…," she commented first, breaking the silence.

"Yes, that's what I was thinking," I concurred.

The ice now broken, we began chatting. She's from San Diego and I learned from her that it is common there for elderly people to get lost--those with Alzheimer's or dementia. In fact, she'd just heard those more-frequent sounds of helicopters on the search for a lost elderly woman just a few days ago.

I shared with her about my current reading of articles and info on the elderly as my company joins hands with Capturing Life Stores president, Dennis Stack, who has worked successfully for years with hospices and retirement homes and elder attorneys to serve this select group of people.

She and I chatted back and forth for several minutes sharing stories and beliefs about how important our elderly are--their wisdom, their life stories and experiences--and how sad it is they are so often "lost." We spoke of the wonderful work of outreach programs, linking youth with elderly, story keeper with storyteller, bridging generations, blessing one another, healing.

Break over, we went back inside the Hyatt Reunion in Dallas for the final talk of our 5-day retreat at Robert Allen's Enlightened Wealth Retreat. We shared contact information with each other. While reaching for business cards I extended my hand, "By the way, my name is Becki." She laughed, taking hold of my hand to shake it, "Mine is Rebecca!" Wow! ….there have been a lot of Wows! recently.

I'm here at the Hyatt Reunion Hotel in Dallas, Texas. My room is on the 20th floor, facing due west. I've been here for the past several days as a member of Robert Allen's Enlightened Wealth Retreat. It's been a powerful experience in so many ways. It is now 7 a.m. and there is a beautiful full moon hanging in the sky. The sun from the east has brushed the stratus clouds in a pink hue with blue tones washing across the sky in the background. The darkness is now diminishing and I can once again see the monarch butterflies which float gracefully in and out of my view from the window. My camera cannot capture the beauty of it. I've tried.

In the hallway here on the 20th floor is a large, framed photograph of 81 year old Helen Keller during a visit with her brother in Dallas. She has a beautiful smile on her face. I'm sure it isn't a coincidence that I'm on the floor with her picture. You see, I've been recently thinking of something she said about wanting to accomplish great things but instead accomplishing small things as if they were great. I needed to see her smiling face in the hallway each time I ventured to and from my room. Her message was encouragement and confirmation for me. It's how I see the mission of TellingTouch.

Did you know that only 1-2% of the population will rise to fame and/or wealth? And they will have their legacies recorded by others. Another 3% of us are diligent record keepers, recording experiences in the written word, keeping journals of our life experiences. Well, by my calculations, that clearly leaves 95-96% of us without any record of our lives to leave for our families and friends!

This is where TellingTouch fits in. Who wouldn't prefer to be remembered for more than his or her birth and death date? Who wouldn't prefer to leave a record of what she or he truly thought, experienced, and would like to be remembered for? Everyone of us has life stories to tell of lessons learned, trials survived, joys experienced and wisdom found. This is what our legacy consists of--not dates! Leaving a legacy can be done in several ways. Most often, however, a legacy is left to the memory and recall of our friends and families. So many stories untold, unheard, and, unfortunately, unremembered!

As for the 3%--the record-keepers and journal writers among us--our notebooks, journals and papers can, on rare occasion and with exhaustive effort, be retrieved in closets, drawers, and shoeboxes stuffed with notebooks and papers (if they haven't been tossed out along the way). A glimpse can then be seen here and there. Unfortunately, many times, in fact, I dare say, most times, those writings were private and personal--not meant for our eyes…stories half told, incomplete writings, ramblings--jounaling for therapy to get through some emotion or confusion--definitely not how a loved one would want to be remembered.

Then there is another way to leave a legacy...in an organized manner, with thought, intent and purpose. That is the TellingTouch way. Telling Touch is a vehicle of self-expression , offering programs in both written and audio versions, or a combination of both. It is a program of remembering, recording and realizing:

1) Remembering and deciding on those stories and experiences you would like to preserve and pass on.

2) Recording those stories through the vehicles of the written or spoken word in a way of your chosen "Telling"-- Select your genre. Is it prose? poetry? lyrics? autobiography? creative journaling? or several styles combined? Now, add photographs if you like, or video clips, maybe music?

3) Realizing! The end product, a volume of works--your legacy, to be displayed on bookshelves or in audio libraries, not in a shoebox tucked in a closet corner, but where it will be accessible and able to be enjoyed by yourself and those you care about and who care about you!

What is required in such an undertaking? 1) Desire, 2) Belief, and 3) Effort. And how will TellingTouch assist in that undertaking? With a system of tools, programs and resources aimed at helping you succeed. All of this and more is the TellingTouch way of leaving a legacy.

Helen Keller was absolutely right! We must accomplish small things as if they were great...Because they are! That is what TellingTouch is all about! Please join us! http://www.tellingtouch.com

TellingTouch Connecting Heaven and Earth--One Legacy at a Time!

In Unity!

Saijin