Memories

"Life's all about moments of impact and how they change our lives forever. But what if one day you could no longer remember any of them?"  We face good and evil in our everyday lives.  We experience excitement, pain, fear, and worst of all, sorrow.  But all of these experiences make us who we are.  Without the broken hearts, the tragedies, the stupid fights we have with our friends, and the failing test grades, how would we know what to improve?  In the movie The Vow, Rachel McAdams wakes up after overcoming a horrible brain injury from a car accident and has no memory of a certain era of her life.  Could you even imagine? What would you do, think, and feel? Her character says "it's like a do-over for my life".  But really, we should live without regrets.  We should never feel like we need a do-over because frankly, we wouldn't be ourselves without each and every memory that we have.  Rachel's character is different after the accident because she's missing that gap of knowledge.  I personally can say that I have had some rough experiences in my 19 and a half years of life, and I've learned so many lessons because of them.  Those are the experiences that have made me a better person.  Next time you're feeling upset over something, just think about what you've gained.  Whether it be a bad drug/alcohol experience or a bad approach for showing interest in a guy, you now know what not to do.  However, there are times when we make the same wrong decision on multiple occasions.  These are the hardest times because we know after the first time that we shouldn't put ourselves through more pain but we live in the moment, and sometimes that's just how it's meant to be.  Eventually we grow tired of the negative impact that these wrong decisions put on our lives and we gain the strength to make the better decisions.  So keep your memories and don't try to erase them because A) it's merely impossible and B) memories make us who we are.  Appreciate life because you never know how instantly it could change.