Memories

Memories are not just nostalgic wonders, filled with good thoughts and warm fuzzies. They are not just horrific experiences that send us into years of therapy. They are ephemeral things that we now look upon in ways society has highlighted with books, and movies, and radio talk shows.

But none of those things, books, or movies or radios, existed when we were created. We evolved into bipedal creatures because it is the way that worked best for us to get around. We have a nose that is geared to work on land, but is constructed so that we can still swim. Everything about us has, or had, some kind of purpose.

Memories do too. They make the past a classroom for the future. Memories are the blueprints that tell us which things worked, which ones failed and which ones had the most promise.

The better we recall and read these memories, these blueprints, the better our chances are for creating a better now and tomorrow.

Knowing things went bad will not make tomorrow better.

It is necessary to understand the what and whys of that failure and memory can be of service here too, because it can show us what DID work. It is the analytical process along with an intentional desire to understand and do better that is our hope.

Memories are the history books of day to day living and the better students we are, the better tomorrow can be.