When you have a deadline to meet, what’s the most logical thing to do? Take out all old letters and pictures and browse through them.
I love looking through old albums. The joy of holding a photo in your hand can never be replaced by the click of the mouse.
Going through the hundreds of photos that my husband and I have between us... I realized memories are always happy, it's upon us how we want to retain them.
“Memories are wonderful things, if you don't have to deal with the past.” – Before Sunset
Every single photo I saw or letter I read brought a smile to my face. Until I allowed my mind to wander. And then the sinking of the heart started. Because every-time the mind wandered it stumbled upon a time in the past that I stashed away as an unpleasant memory.
I am still learning, and it will take me a lifetime I know. It will most definitely take me a life time to learn to isolate the memories from the experiences. Memories are always happy. Experiences are pleasant or unpleasant. Experience of the past shape our today. Memories are like the umpteenth reruns of our lives.
If we are alive and breathing then our life has been so far. How can then, the reruns be bad?
A lost friend... a broken heart... a drunken night... are all testimony of the fact that you have lived your life. Let go of the past. Embrace your today. It's a memory waiting to take shape for your tomorrow.
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