Memories

The whimsical Mind

One of the fondest memories of mine is the one where all my family extended came together for a family photograph. All the giggles.... and the people rushing left to right to get the adjustments right. And all hustle and bustle was for that one very moment and hear the camera click. And viola! It was done. Remembering these moments does make one nostalgic for more reasons than one.

Feels great does it not? But what happens if these memories become your greatest fear. They haunt you every night. And follow up in your dreams so as to ensure that they don't leave you. Ever.

That is where the problem lies with a person who has a good memory. They remember.
Memories are often bearers of good times but when they bring about the one's you want to forget..Then you are in serious trouble.

It is seldom said that having a good memory skill is an asset, you will always have an edge over the others. But they never told me that it might make me miserable someday when I try to forget and end up remembering more about the same.Remembering is easy. It's forgetting that takes a toll on your head.

You'll try hard. You'll start by removing all the pictures you might have had. You'll avoid places where you believe you might have to meet them. You'll avoid eye contacts just believing in the idea that they might catch you looking at them...and you might see their eyes ... those eyes which carried care and love now have hate and disgust.. because after all... it's the eyes which give away a lot. More than you know. Believe me.

You'll curse your mind and make it so severely stressed that it will feel it might explode at a point.

How come forgetting the things I learned are so easy to forget and people not so much, is something you will ask yourself.

You try and employ yourself in all kinds of tasks just to get away from the idea of the other person in total.

After all, If you don't take defensive measures your mind does. It'll make you a lot colder. It'll make your heart build huge walls around its perimeter so as to not let another butter flutter in your belly. That's how memories often work.

People say leaving behind good memories of oneself will help in recognizing whether the person was good or bad.

But are memories either good or bad? if a person is gone will remember him bring back the joyous moments spent with him or lead us back to gloom realizing that the person isn't among us anymore?
                                                                                               
                                                                                                                              -Arijit Sarkar