Never Forget

An interesting thing happens to all of us every single day. It probably happens hundreds of times every day to every single person. This thing that happens is called memory. Memory is absolutely nuts to me. You really are not aware of what exactly you remember until you remember it, and you never know when you will remember something until you do. It makes no sense to me. You may hear a song that you literally have not heard for years, and find yourself somehow remembering all the words and singing along. While this often happens without any effort, many of us struggle when we really sit down and try to remember something. There were several times during school when taking a test that I would come to a question that I know I covered when I studied the material, but no matter how hard I tried I just could not remember the information. Memory is nuts.

Memory can come and go. You may remember something one day and forget it the next. You may remember your best friends phone number from growing up, but you cant seem to remember your own phone number. You usually remember the name of the girl that you never talked to, but find yourself struggling to remember the name of the girl that you dated for a few months in college. I find myself wanting to know more about what makes us remember things, but I realize that I really only want to know what helps me remember. If I can unlock the secret to my own memory I could easily be King. Those people who have unlocked the secret to the success of memorizing what they need to and remember when they need to are the ones who are ruling the world. I want to be one of these people, but in all honesty I know that I wont do the work to make it happen.

In a weird way this gets me to a different topic. Not settling. I think that far too many people are settling in their lives all the time. I find myself becoming dangerously close to settling. I dont ever want to look back on anything and realize that I settled for something less than what I could have had. I am constantly thinking about ways to make my life better, but then find a new thing that catches my fancy or a reason to steer away from the original thought. As long as I keep thinking and keep trying to find what it is that will make me happy I know that I havent settled, and as long as I havent settled I am happy. Well, there it is. It would seem that as long as Im happy in always searching then Im happily searching. It probably does not make any sense to all of you, but it makes perfect sense to me. thanks for reading