Memories

In psychology, memories is just very simple. 3 steps. Restoring, Retaining & Retrieving. However, even definitions from the dictionaries cannot give us a real meaning of memories. It is difficult to define memories, it's so different to every single one of us. It comes truly from the bottom of our heart.

What does memories mean to you?

Memories is just a very simple word, but it covers a whole huge lot in our life. Anything meaningful which happen each day are kept dearly in our heart. Memories mean so so much to us all.

I came across a saying which really touched my heart and I believe it explains what memory is all about in just one short sentence. I would definitely like to share this with my dear friends...

My friends,

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.
~From the television show The Wonder Years

Sweet memories, bitter memories or some even want bittersweet memories locked up in their heart. I have always believed that we should keep our memories alive as long as we're still living right here, in this beautiful place. Many of these memories are permanent, being kept forever...

Memories kept me alive, driving me forward day by day, guiding me towards achieving the best in my life. I am one who treasure every single meaningful event in my life - be it an experience of doing something new, being with a loved one, or just a simple joke which made my day. All these are kept as memories deep down in my

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We all know and have heard that no matter how much money you have in life, you will not be able to bring it with you when you leave this beautiful world. It is very true. Then when you leave, what is there to bring with you? I'm sure we all do not want to leave this world empty handed. Memories. It is something locked up in our heart, being brought to where ever we go, be it out of the house, out of the country, out of this world... anywhere at all! It is all we love to remember...even when we're in Heaven or Hell.

When you're alone, sitting on your bed or just being in front of this screen with your mind filled of thoughts, what is it that puts a smile on your face? Memories, my friends. A sudden thought of being with a friend during a vacation or even in school which you remembered, can do such a great job in making you feel like you have the world with you. You just don't need anyone with you to be happy at that moment. Try it, close your eyes, open up your treasure box in your heart, pick a memory, a time spent with a loved one, be it your love partner, your family, your friends... you were laughing with them, crying with them, sharing a joke... that memory has brought you back to the happy moment you had, so much that everything seems like it just happened today. That is how memories work...

Every night before I sleep, i refresh my memories, to keep them all alive. Some times it can be quite heart breaking especially if a memory with a loved one who is no longer around comes alive. You will dearly miss that person, but with memories, it makes you feel a whole lot better.

Life is short my friends, what happens to you each day must be locked up in your heart. We might not go have the chance to go through it again. Why want to forget something which can make you fly. I gotta say memories are like drugs to me. It keeps all my problems away. It works so well that when I turn a memory alive, I feel relaxed, calm...free from stress...

Memory, is a diary that we all carry about with us. It is very simple to store an event, making it a memory to be kept forever. It is almost an automatic process which doesn't require much work done. You don't need to pen all the events down in a book or maybe even blog about it, though it can be done. For some people, a song plays or when they come across an object, a memory comes to their mind.

And even if you were in some prison, the walls of which let none of the sounds of the world come to your senses - would you not then still have your childhood, that precious, kingly possession, that treasure-house of memories?
~Rainer Maria Rilke

Memory is a complicated thing, it is the truth. You cannot lie about it or try to amend a memory. It will be kept as original as what has happened before. There is no way to convince yourself that a memory is not at all meaningful. You might be failing for exams in school, but when it comes to memories, your brain will never fail to record every single event in detailed and lock it up in your heart. No one is there to build a memory for you, you gotta make a memory. No one can tell what your memories are, only YOU can recall it as you like.

Imagine if you go through a new day without memories, how miserable your life would be? Memories are your best friends. They come to you whenever you're sad or happy. They are there for you all the time, it's just whether you want to open up your heart to let them out in your mind.

If you ask me, I wouldn't be able to list out all my memories because there are just too many. That doesn't mean I don't remember them. I've live for about 18 years, almost each day for me was kept as a memory. Moments spent with my true friends, ever loving family members, haha, not to forget the Fantastic 4 who lighted up my days. Past experience, whether in kindergarten, primary, high school and even college. My days being in camps. All these memories are kept alive. I remember every single detail.

I kept letters written to me by my loved ones, and even short, lovely notes. Gifts, wrappers, paper bags, poems and many more. I'm keeping all these in a physical box and it helps keep my memories alive together with the treasure box kept deep down in my heart.

Typing out this post on memories is also bringing back all those lovely moments I had in my life. Tears are rolling down my cheeks. It is all soooooooo lovely. So memorable. Even if I would have to leave the world now, I'm most willing to, together with my memories.

Remember,

LIFE IS SHORT!

Memories are all we have that are forever. They will never leave us even when we're 80 years old with parkinson disease. It will stay with us even during the worst moments of our life. Locked deep down in our heart. When we leave, memories leave with us. That is why most people pass away with a big =).

If you haven't tried recalling your memories, it's never too late. Do it now. Now. Make it come alive and feel how it lift up your mood.

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“Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart.”

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“A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever.”

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“A smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime.”

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“A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day.”

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“Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.”

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Memories kept alive,
Justin Yong

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“Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart.”

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