The Mind Forgetting From The Mind Forgot

"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

The quote given is quite a nice way to state what Memory is, or can be. We all know that memory is simply relevant to our life structure, it helps us keep those things which are necessary; things such as knowledge, experience, logic and a number of other substantial necessities. It's unfortunate for some who do not have this free gift of memory within them. This gift allows us to store our personal life's greatest treasures, from feelings, to moments in time we wish could simply have stayed with us a bit longer, and for the imaginative, forever.

Memory has a very dedicated loyalty, and for this I must speak my mind. It's not a cure for problems, nor a solution for pain or heartache. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind was great in its deliverance, but even better in its uproar of questions concerning memory.

Would it ever be possible to pick the memories of certain events, mishaps, and pain caused by the repercussions of decisions and choices we've made to simply be erased? It would be great if we just had a button of some sort, maybe like a big red button that you can push and in some crazy paradox of time, rid yourself of certain memories. Like a personal Memory Loss.

"I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making a much stronger person" -Author Unknown

I must say, not that I strongly disagree with this quote, but I do to some extent. Why? Because one person's philosophy isn't always another's gospel of choice. I can agree that 85% of life's teachings come from mistakes,

I really do. But I know that without a shadow of a doubt there are just things I wish I was able to rid myself of. Things that somewhat haunt, and come back from time-to-time. For this, I feel reserved, as do many. I enjoy life, I live at my fullest. One thing I do understand is that without these followings and episodes in our lives that don't always bring pleasure, and security to one's heart and mind is just a slight problem to keep our mind fixed for the greater things ahead. I guess everything does work in some fashion for a reason, but still...

...Where's the red button?

Thank You.

Jesus & Twitter

I heard a very interesting statement on the radio just weeks ago that was of short stature but nonetheless I still found it interesting. The host said "If facebook was an actual group of people, they would be their own country" - to me, that was as straight as it got. As I've said before, Generation Y is by far the most advanced generation or group of people, naturally. We're in the ether age( the age of man ), and with that comes constantly growing ideas that only link each other up.

One of the things that runs wild in our current time is Social Networking. Fact. From MySpace, to facebook, and now Twitter. I'm sure there are more, but these three are dominant. Twitter is on its own level, I say this because it's very limited but yet fulfilling. It doesn't give you SO many options but allows you simply to just "follow". Brilliant!

Now I say this because following is exactly what this generation needs. A saying I'm very familiar with is "

too many chiefs and not enough indians" which is self explanatory. There are too many folks that want to lead, and yet not enough to follow. This brings me to a great and valid point, and that is, Jesus Christ.

This man who people followed without even having to fully know him, here is an example - "Matthew 4:¹⁸And

Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. ¹⁹And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰And they straightway left their nets, and followed him."

I could expound and expound on Jesus alone for hours upon hours. It's said within the scriptures that Christ alone did many things, that if attempted, not even all the books in the world could contain the things which he did. Talk about greatness.

Who are you following? Twitter Jesus, try him.

(by the way - I like this whole short blog method, keeping it limited and sweet)

Real Certainty?

Life. This word is perhaps among the most simplistic of them in our common language, but above all it holds itself as a coin phrase rather than just a word. It has a world of truth within it. Somewhat like the word love. I find even now while writing that my mind is running wild just on the very thought of the word, Life.

What is it about this word that I can't simply understand? Maybe it's that I expect more from it, rather than what it simply means, I don't know?

Mirriam-webster's dictionary reveals this groundbreaking word with such a simple insight, it states:

Life a: the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual b: one or more aspects of the process of living.

If you ask me, that's a pretty good definition. Good. I'm glad we had this talk.

Thank You.