OUR MEMORY IS VITAL TO US AS HUMAN BEINGS. WE NEED IT TO RECALL AND CONNECT OUR FEELINGS TO OTHERS, AND REMEMBER THE EXPERIENCES THEMSELVES. OUR MEMORY IS A PART OF OUR BRIAN AND THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF MEMORY. BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER, LET US TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF MEMORY IN OUR WEBSTER DICTIONARY AND OUR DAILY WISDOM WORD MEANING.
WEBSTER DEFINITION OF MEMORY-1. THE FACULTY BY WHICH THE MIND SOTRES AND REMEMBERS INFORMATION. . SOMETHING REMEMBERED FROM THG PAST, A RECOLLECTION. THE REMEMBERING OR RECOLLECTION OF A DEAD PERSON, ESPECIALLY ONE WHO WAS POPULAR AND RESPECTED.
DAILY WISDOM WORD MEANING OF MEMORY- THE DIARY OUR BRIAN USES TO TAKE NOTES OF EXPERIENCES SOMETIMES USED FOR RECALL IN TESTING FOR SCHOOL.
WHAT MAKES OUR MEMORY SO VERY POWERFUL? IF WE DIDN’T HAVE MEMORY, WE WOULD NOT REMEMBER THOSE WE LOVED DEARLY WHO HAVE PASSED. WE CAN LEARN TO DISASSOCIATE OUR MEMORY OF EMOTIONS FELT, BUT NEVER THE MEMORIES THEMSELVES. THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE. I KNOW AFTER LOSING MY SISTER, WHO I LOVED SO DEARLY AND DIDN’T SAY OR DO NEARLY AS MUCH AS I SHOULD HAVE FOR HER. SADLY, SHE PASSED ON AT 52 YEARS OLD, A LEGEND WITHIN HER OWN RIGHT. SHE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY AND WAS FILLED WITH LOVE, NOT BEING PERFECT BUT PERFECT ENOUGH TO KNOW HER PRIORITIES.
SHE MUST BE LOOKING DOWN NOW, AND HAPPY SOMEWHAT TO SEE THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF WHO SHE WAS TRANSFORMED IN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD YET TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SHE LEFT BEHIND TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, INSIDE AND OUT. I REALIZE NOW, MY “LEGACY OF WHO I AM” TODAY WOULD NOT BE THE SAME AS IT WAS EVEN 10 YEARS AGO. PHOTOGRAPHS TELL THE STORY OF OUR PAST AND JOG OUR MEMORY AND SENSES. I STILL CAN SMELL THOSE PANCAKES JEN MADE US WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, MAYBE 13 OR 14 YEARS OLD. MEMORY IS STRANGE BECAUSE IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A TRAUMATIC SITUATION AND ARE ASKED TO RECALL IT, IT IS POSSIBLE RIGHT AFTER THE TRAUMATIC EVENT TO REMEMBER, BUT IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, YOU BLOCK PORTIONS OF MEMORY OR “BLOCKS OF IT’ OUT, DUE TO THE PAINFUL THOUGHTS THAT RUN THROUGH OUR MIND.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MEMORY CAN BE REPRESSED IF ONE FEELS TO REMEMBER THE SITUATION IS SIMPLY TOO MUCH TO COPE WITH. HOWEVER THIS IS NOT A FACT ACCORDING TO MANY PSYCHOLOGISTS. I MUST DISAGREE WITH THEM BECAUSE OF MY OWN PAST TRAUMA AND EXPERIENCES. I HAVE BLOCKED OUT DETAILS I KNOW SHOULD BE REMEMBERED DURING CERTAIN TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES THAT HAPPENED IN MY CHILDHOOD. MEMORY IS OR RECORD KEEPING DEVICE IN OUR BRAIN THAT RECORDS, FEELS EMOTIONS FOR, AND EVEN SEES THE EVENT WORTH REMEMBERING IN THEIR HEART AND MIND.
MEMORY IS OUR RECALL OF OUR OWN LIFE SO IF PORTIONS OF IT ARE DELIBERATELY BROUGHT OUT, WE RELEASE SOME OF THE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRAUMATIC MEMORY WHEN FORCED TO FACE ALL OF THE MEMORIES, INSTEAD OF “GLOSSING OVER”EVENTS WHICH IS NOT A TRUE AND HONEST ACCOUNTABILITY OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT MADE YOU BECOME THE PERSON YOU ARE TODAY. “
SOMETIMES, IT IS THOSES THINGS WE FIND WHEN SCRATCHING THE START OF RECALL OF THE MEORY ITSELF. WE SOMETIMES TAKE OUR MEMORY OF ANOTHER PERSON AND ELEVATE IT IN PERFECTION INSTEAD OF REMEMBERING. IT AS IT REALLY WAS, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMETHING WE SHOULD RECALL. EVERY MEMORY AS IT WAS AND NOT IDEALIZE BECAUSE THE PERSON WE SHARED THESE MEMORIES WITH IS NOW GONE. IN FACT, EVERY SO OFTEN YOU TRY TO CONNECT WITH THEM IN SOME SENSE AND WE CAN’T.
I BELIEVE THEIR SOULS GO WITH GOD. THIS IS A PLANE WE ARE NOT YET READY TO TOUCH BUT WILL BE ONE DAY. HAVING FAITH, AND REMEMBERING THE GOOD TIMES WITH THOSE GONE YOU LOVE SO MUCH IS THE BEST YOU CAN DO. I MUST SAY, IN MY CASR, I GET TO CHEATE A BIT. I LISTEN TO MY LITTLE SISTERS MUSIC SHE MADE, SINGING THE WORDS SHE HERSELF WROTE AND PLAYED GUITAR TO. LIFE CHANGES DAILY, AND IF IT WERE NOT FOR THOSE MEMORIES WE HAVE TO HOLD ONTO, THERE IS A PART OF YOU REPRESSED, NOT THE MEMORIES THEMSELVES. THAT IS JUSST A SYMPTOM BY BLOCKING OUT THE PAINFUL SIDE.
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My memory is unique, I remember things in graphic detail. Color wrinkles, moles, birth marks. Things most do not. If things seem important they stick. Such as helping to raise my sister. Motherhood protective skills. Over protective kicked in because I knew every friend every home they lived at. When they moved. I still remember to this day. But, As far as my Dr. Name or myself I can’t remember my age or where my keys are half the time. My neurologist say I’m a unique case. I’m very determined. I think they call it short term memory loss because I’m good at remembering the old stuff so well. I do not have to be reminded of those things they are already there.
Sarah,
I always love reading your comments and seeing through your eyes because your words are awesome describing things as you do…..Thanks so much, my sweet friend..