memories enrich our lives

memories enrich our lives

memories are not just thoughts. memories are not just pretty pictures of the past that appear in your head from time to time. No. memories can be the bliss of success, the smile of something funny, the guilt of your first lie, the pain of a significant death, the brokenness of your first love, the frustration of failure, the anger of an argument... They live as real in the present as they had in the past. But the thing is, they live inside of us. That's the only difference between where they first occurred, and where they occur now. But the reality of it still being there in our lives keeps us in a place that allows our actions and decisions to mature. It keeps the smile on our face, or our heart from being broken again, and allows us to make decisions based on the outcomes of the past rather than our current state of mind. In essence it means moving on, and moving on means leaving a part of you you behind, and taking a piece of the past with you, so that when you look back, you're reminded of who you were and you you became.