A memoir of memories
What is your earliest
memory of yourself? Most of us will take a while to recollect it. If I had
asked, what is your earliest memory of your family or friends, you would have
recollected it faster. But when it is regarding oneself, it takes us some time.
Here begins the idiosyncrasies of our memory. My earliest memory is something
about first day at school and me crying my lungs out tugging at my mother’s
saree.
Another strange thing
about memory is that we tend to forget memories of bad instances in life
faster. May be that is the way of our mind’s coping with harsh realities. Try
doing this. Think about a time in your life when you were really disturbed/hurt
about something. Now when you look back, you will be able to remember the
situation. But you will not be able to remember the intensity of that negative
feeling and thank God for that!
Don’t you think it is important
that we take an effort to create memories? For instance, with people close to us?
Those memories will help us tide through the crests and troughs in
relationships. Many a time, the reason why we are forgiven or we forgive others
is because of the fond memories that we have of each other. I think the same
applies to oneself. People with a bunch of happy memories will be better
equipped to sail through a rough patch in life. May be that is why it is
important that everyone deserves a happy childhood. Childhood is a happy excuse
for all the quagmires that life throws at us later on, don’t you think?
There is yet another important
twist to the conundrum that is memory. If you look at it, most of today’s
conflicts in the world are based on an incident or some incidents that occurred
in the past, which is a memory. This means that some of the people who are
fighting today are doing so solely based on a handed down memory. So if you as
a person strive to avoid conflict today, you are creating a pleasant tomorrow.
To contribute to world peace, all you need to do is create some pleasant
memories for the people around you.
If you are able to
become a happy memory for at least a handful of people, you would have lived a
life worthwhile.
Keywords: Memory,Happy memory,Life,Experience,Remember
Keywords: Memory,Happy memory,Life,Experience,Remember
Memories whether pleasant or painful are close to the heart as these are the obstacles the person has overcome or experienced. Some unpleasant memories in the past make a better person in later life.
ReplyDeleteKhalill gibran said something similar about pain.. :)
DeleteWell written Babu.
ReplyDeleteMemories can have different quantum and characteristic attributes to different persons. Some will have 500 GB, some will have a meagre 1 KB. Someone will have volatile memory , some other will have very strong hard disk storage. Again, some will retrieve very fast, some can do it by slogging only. Your success in an exam or interview depends on this retrieving ability to a large extent. Human memories are fond ones as told in a farewell speech. Can be funny ones as dug out during a reunion of batch-mates. Also bitter ones acquired during your long career, by your love- hate relationship with your neighbourhood. Then there are “Ninaithale Inikkum” type ones. Every person will store all of these types in varying quantities.
One interesting observation: In your blog, find “Memory(ies) and replace with “Experience(es). Will it make any difference?
All the best
NANDAKUMAR,
PALAKKAD
As always, quite an interesting observation, uncle. Experiences become memories...don't they? or is it the other way? :)
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