I woke up this morning wondering where the year had gone. It didn’t seem like December with no snow on
the ground and sixty degree weather, especially for the northeastern
states. I did however manage to take a peek
at the different friends I have made over this past year and smiled knowing
they will be a part of my life, for the rest of my life. Their memories will linger in my mind long
after the year has gone by and my memory will be full of the times we shared
together.
Is it wrong to remember other people and the impact they
have had on your life, even if you can’t recall how you spent your previous
year?
I love the thought that our brains work so mysteriously that
we can recall a fond memory or even a sad time before we can remember what we
had for breakfast. It is like separating
files and photos on your computer, leaving room to store more and putting the
nonessentials in the recycle bin.
Do we remember things that only leave a mark on our mind or
do we selectively remember different events that are, or were, attached to an
emotion?
Do our memories attach themselves to emotions so we won’t forget
them or do they follow the path of least resistance like a liquid and trigger
each other from time to time?
However our minds and brains work, I am glad that I have had
the chance to meet some really wonderful people and reserve a spot for them to
continue sharing memories with me – even if filed somewhere in the unknown of
my intellect.