Remembering Emotion

So I had nothing to do for a few hours this past Friday so I decided to watch a movie. Low and behold it got me thinking, and turned into another wonderful “ranting” note. But anyways…the movie was Forrest Gump. Great movie throughout and there was one line I never really thought about until I watched it last Friday:

"You know it's funny what a young man recollects? Cause I don't remember being born, I don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world."

Why is that? People say the human body is an exceptional thing. I think of it as something rather odd. Not the whole thing in itself, but just the mind basically. For years, I have been very forgetful when it comes to the simplest of things, and I’ve wondered why I can remember things that will do me no good knowing them for the rest of my life compared to something of importance that I can’t remember.

And I know that it’s not only me, but it is everyone else out there. One of my best friends could tell you the whole dialogue to a conversation he had with his brother a few weeks back. What good will that do him? Who knows, but it sticks to his mind. Maybe it’s just the thought of happiness, or maybe it’s family, but the fact he can’t even remember his own bus route he drives every single day just baffles me.

So then I started thinking again. Maybe it is emotion, the thing that drives our actions and thoughts, that really puts into perspective all of the things we may encounter and then remember down the road.

The most two significant ones being happiness and fear.

You find me on person on this planet that doesn’t remember what they’re afraid of, I’ll show you my entire savings account. And go figure I’m going back to hypocrisy again, but I know it is one of the most difficult things to ever adhere to in life. Fear in our memories is nothing but a joke. A dull, idiotic joke that does nothing but restrain us from getting where we want to be or partake in certain events that we may never get another chance to do in our lifetime. Like I said, I wish I could go around with attitude 24/7, but I don’t…and no one else does either, but you have to start somewhere, where that somewhere is, is up to you and you alone.

“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.”

But let’s not forget the optimistic side to all of this. There’s so many times, in so many instances, I’ve came up with an idea of a moment that has yet to happen. It’s still a memory, but because I love the thought of it so much, it just sticks without a single piece of it leaving my mind. The same goes with actual moments of your past. Tell me that is not one of the greatest feelings in the world to just remember a good time with friends or family, and all you can think of is laughter or something happy that happened in that moment.

“Remember that happiness is a way of travel -- not a destination”

Our actions and thoughts speak on past experiences. If we had a good experience, we’re more likely to try that same thing the second time around, and vice versa goes for the bad ones. It’s only when the two coincide, that turn a simple task into a disaster. How many times have you hesitated on doing something because one thought entered your mind of something you’ve done a million times over, but that was the only time it resulted in a negative impact? This can range from just waking up on either side of the bed to well…pretty much anything. And I do realize and respect the feelings and beliefs of everyone out there, but there’s only so much your memory can control.

Now I know I jumped around from thought to thought and it’s 2 in the morning, but emotion is a cruel, yet glorious aspect of life beyond what we could possibly dream. It’s what makes us believe, remember and live for day in and day out. But knowing where to draw the line is key, losing yourself between the past and present is a dangerous thing, so go out there and…

Live this day as if it will be your last.

Remember that you will only find ''tomorrow'' on the calendars of fools.

Forget yesterday's defeats and ignore the problems of tomorrow.

This is it. Doomsday. All you have. Make it the best day of your year.

The saddest words you can ever utter are, “If I had my life to live over again.”

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet, friend or foe, loved one or stranger, as if they were going to be dead at midnight.

Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward.

Your life will never be the same again