It's great that Paul puts the sayings - usually about memories- up on site. Some ring true but others do not, or at least seem incomplete. Memories in your travel bag? That is certainly a good idea because your memories are fundamentally you. Imagine not being able to hang washing on the line because you have forgotten to memorise the location of the pegs, and you have forgotten whether to hang trousers up by the legs or the waist - don't laugh the latter tested me a bit this morning.
Imagine having memories but not the mental equipment to analyse them. Such a situation would render one akin to simple Simon - not that I am knocking mentally afflicted people because to do so would be insensitive, unjust and unkind; in any case I am truly one of them at times. We are all on a journey and should be helping each other to make it interesting and civilized.
I believe it was Socrates that emphasised the importance of living the considered life, rather than letting things just happen to us. If we are to achieve a mature considered life some analysis of memory [experience] is required - as well as some research into what really happened in the past and why.
I guess we all rationalise our experiences. I have recently done so and came out on the right side. We can be too hard on ourselves at times: I imagine most of us have been fickle at one time or another or perhaps even worse. Appreciate your memories, learn from them, live in the present and look forward to the future.
Do you agree with me?
WB
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment