Memories. Who doesn’t know what memories are? But curiously asking - how would you define them?
I would say, they are ones lived moments. For some are good ones. Some are not-so-good ones. Some are lost along the way. Memories are basically every moment lived by a person. Any living beings. It can be dogs, cats, us-humans or hell even dolphins have memories. I am sure it even includes plants and trees. Memories are something that people look up to. Yeah, well. We are humans, with a clear mind of our own - We tend to do a lot of thinking when it comes to things. Well coming back, most people prefer or choose to live in the moment. Sometimes, people aren’t really particular about the little things in their lives. Just that which feels right in that moment of time. I suppose, it must feel great to do things in the moment. I mean, I am simply wondering because I feel in some ways I haven't really lived my life that way. To live momentarily. I'm not saying to live every second of the day. But at least once perhaps, if not twice. (Laughing). I don't really know, I'm just speculating here. Maybe to live in the moment, you should be able to feel or see things greatly. Be more understanding. Be more poetic.
Life isn't just black and white. There's so much more to it. There's colours to it. Multiple shades, in fact, in every aspect. I haven’t figured out how to live freely. There's a ton of movies to take some beautiful references from. But, I don't know. I’ve yet to learn to live without worrying so much about the details. Simply just hasn’t happen for me, yet. However, I dream. I dream big. Hopefully, someday it will or I will make things happen. My aspirations. Besides the things that we want to achieve, there are times when life-happens to us. It’s something that can’t be avoided, what’s needs to happen, will happen in some way or the other. It’s nothing but a big blow, in case of no-so-good ones. It happens. To or with everyone. Time to time. Sometimes to teach us a lesson, bring us to the right track or simply because life suddenly thinks that - "Oh, if we throw #1, she/he/they can totally handle it. It’s nothing really to worry about.” They are strong. I know, it’s a little stretched. Either way, it happens. Good or bad. Right or wrong. It happens to all of us. That is simply how it is. Fate, is what it is. There is no way around it.
With ups and downs in our day-to-day lives. We live through them. We make it past them. We grow. Somewhere along the lines, we live our lives. Sometimes it could be the life we wanted to live or the life we were meant to live. Either way, we live. We grow old. At some point in time, we can even give life lessons to the people who look up to us. And say, we lived. We lived a pretty good life.
Looking at the times passed, is nothing but memories, I suppose. To simply look back and laugh at the times lived. All the crazy, laughable things that one did. for eg. Buying that beautiful house etc.. Or the day you decided to jump off the plane or go out on a long drive and it ended up being one of the best moments of your lives. Or those days that made you grow, change in a way that you never thought one day would make you. I suppose that is what memories are. I hope and I wish, we all get to make great memories. Whatever they are supposed to be. Whatever life we are meant or choose to live.
What do you think?
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Ealisha Acharya
I am an artist, calligrapher, architect, with a creative background. Still figuring myself out though.
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