sjsprWriting

Remember. Do we remember things because we care? Or do we remember because we want to? How do we choose which parts of our lives will we remember and which will be thrown away? In fact, how can we do that? To choose what is insignificant and what is not. It is like choosing between two realities, both are real, both are a part of us. Somehow our mind chooses to forget some memories and treasure others.

It may be because they hurt us and only bring us pain. 

While others please us and fill us with joy. 

Whichever it is, we still remember certain memories and forget others. 

We are selective like that. We are selective with what makes us who we are. Who we are, thus we decide the type of person we want to be. Because memory represents a change in the person we are and a step towards the person we are becoming. To have the ability to choose what we remember is to have the ability to form ourselves into better human beings. And a simple understanding of memory is an understanding of the monumental role it plays in shaping our lives.