DEAR DUMB DIARY
MEMORIES
The human mind is an amazing thing. Stupid, but undoubtfully amazing. How is it that so much information, emotions, thoughts and memories can be stored in there?
It's amazing how there can be something is always present in the back of one's mind, no matter how much they wish to forget.
For some, the majority of the time, it seems empty. But then something significant - a smell, a sight, a sound, a taste - appears and triggers memories, suddenly everything just flows back in, and it's almost like you're living them all over again.
Looking back on some things we've done, our mind clearly remembers them happening, but then, we begin to question ourselves - how we ever could have done such a thing?
It's like we don't even know who that person was that was in control of our mind back then. It's like we've actually become a new person over all the years. One that doesn't even recognise our past selves.
I guess it's fitting, since though we often fear change, we embrace it. What could anyone possibly want to be stuck with for all of their life?
And yet, thinking of memories, we seem to yearn for them. There are just so many things no one seems willing to let go of. Maybe it's just that they're so far gone, so unreachable, that we want to experience them again. After all, people always seem to want what they can't have.
So, I'm looking back on times in my life. Some of which, I seem to imagine like they were the best days ever. But after thinking harder, I realise that my memory is bullshit.
Those times weren't all that great in the first place, and I have no reason to miss them.
Labels: pondering
The human mind is an amazing thing. Stupid, but undoubtfully amazing. How is it that so much information, emotions, thoughts and memories can be stored in there?