I recently went on a mini vacation. Our resort was located near the sea. The view was amazing and lead me to a much greater realization of how much of 'ocean' there really is. I realize that most people do not think on these lines but rather just play in the ocean itself but I really felt like I was witnessing something great. I felt like life couldn't get any better. I loved the breeze blowing in my face, the cool waves lapping up to my feet and the warm sunny sky.
My thoughts drifted to a couple nearby. They looked like newlyweds and I say this because they were really young (also they were telling everyone so!). I saw the way they so keenly were taking pictures of everything (literally EVERYTHING). I think they took pictures of literally every wave! Of course I'm kidding but you get the idea.
This made me realize how we perceive things when we start growing older. We want to immortalize every memory, every instant so as to re-live them when we're older. That couple wanted every aspect of their honeymoon snapped, to preserve for all eternity. They probably didn't realize they were doing so but unknowingly they were clinging on to that particular day and never let it go.
Isn't that exactly what we all do though? We try to keep all the happy memories around us be it in the form of framed pictures on the wall/desk or drawings on the fridge or even our computer wallpapers(in the form of family pictures, loved ones, etc.). This couple by clicking all those dozens of pictures were just preserving memories. I however, do believe that sometimes pictures aren't just enough. That's where the phenomenal power of the mind comes in. It stores not just sight of the memory(a picture) but also the sound, touch and smell too. We go back to these memories if we close our eyes. We just shut them tight enough and we are back there right in that moment. That moment of pure joy, happiness or sometimes a time of despair, loneliness or abandonment either way you are there, in that moment. If you had to choose one moment, which would it be? Which moment would you go back to? ..... Thank you for reading.
My thoughts drifted to a couple nearby. They looked like newlyweds and I say this because they were really young (also they were telling everyone so!). I saw the way they so keenly were taking pictures of everything (literally EVERYTHING). I think they took pictures of literally every wave! Of course I'm kidding but you get the idea.
This made me realize how we perceive things when we start growing older. We want to immortalize every memory, every instant so as to re-live them when we're older. That couple wanted every aspect of their honeymoon snapped, to preserve for all eternity. They probably didn't realize they were doing so but unknowingly they were clinging on to that particular day and never let it go.
Isn't that exactly what we all do though? We try to keep all the happy memories around us be it in the form of framed pictures on the wall/desk or drawings on the fridge or even our computer wallpapers(in the form of family pictures, loved ones, etc.). This couple by clicking all those dozens of pictures were just preserving memories. I however, do believe that sometimes pictures aren't just enough. That's where the phenomenal power of the mind comes in. It stores not just sight of the memory(a picture) but also the sound, touch and smell too. We go back to these memories if we close our eyes. We just shut them tight enough and we are back there right in that moment. That moment of pure joy, happiness or sometimes a time of despair, loneliness or abandonment either way you are there, in that moment. If you had to choose one moment, which would it be? Which moment would you go back to? ..... Thank you for reading.
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