Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime
July 22, 2009I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind today.
It has made me think. Would I do it? Would I want to erase someone from my life.
Sometimes I would say yes. Hell yes. Especially the bad, the hellish times… But that is just a tiny percentage of my past…
Would I give up all the amazing times. The love, the discovery, the amazement, the joy. Would I therefore go back to the person I was. Would I give up all I have learnt… Would I want to be the person I used to be…
You see the technology depicted does not exist. But the mind is a powerful tool. It can be made to forget a lot of things. I find that I have forgotten much. Unfortunately the forgotten things are usually the wonderful things and the things that stick are the terrible. But I wouldn’t be who I am today without those memories…
I want to learn from the bad. I want to remember the good. Not to hold me back but to remember the Joy and have it give me hope for the future. To appreciate every day and to relish those joyful moments.
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/show/4632-Alexander-Pope-Eloisa-to-Abelard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVh8Mu1a4Q
