Memories And Memories

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We have started to undervalue memories somewhat in society because we put an extraordinary amount of emphasis on focusing on the future. This was alluded to earlier in our idea of success. We are now very goal oriented and driven and this causes our perception to be intensely focused on where we are going, not where we have been. This tunnel vison helps us to achieve what we want to do and reach the locations we desire to go, but it doesn’t teach us very much without perspective.
Our memories are one of the most powerful teachers we have in our life. We learn more about ourselves from where we have been than were we think are going to go. We can only speculate on our future, but our past is real and tangible and can be exceptionally useful. It is hard for us to admit this because some of us may not like our past, but in order to better understand our present and future we must make peace with it. The only way for us to gain wisdom is …show more content…

The happy memories provide you a blueprint for joy and remind you what you need in your life to find it. There may be many things or few but you can find them, because all of us have been happy at one point or another and all of us can be happy throughout our lives. The painful memories are teachers just the same, they just tend to be the strict type. They show you the fires that have burned you and if you look closely enough, they show how to avoid repeating the past that you have no desire to experience again.
Memories can give us some extent of relief when the present is hard on us. We can find solace in the bliss that we have experienced. Memories are a very powerful thing, as they carry the images and the stories of our lifetime. It begins to be hard to imagine how important memories are to us, but just think and know that nothing will capture life better than the images of it that remain trapped in your

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