There’s no such thing as a long time ago. There’s only the memories that means something and the memories that don’t.

THIS IS US

Why do some moments remain emblazoned in our memory, while others come and go as entirely immaterial?

When something impactful happens in our lives, it most usually will generate an indelible imprint in the mind of the person having the experience.

This continuous stream of memories generate internally, and leave us with a mental photo and video album of the times in our lives that have resonated most deeply.

These moments traditionally constitute an entire tapestry of many kinds of emotional experiences, each of which leave their resonance etched into our being, so as to make our lives that much more complete with the entire human experience.

When we are further down the road, and many of these types of moments have transpired, we cannot help but be colored by not only the reality of having lived through them, but also the experience of continuously working through the cumulative psychic resonance of having those moments contained in our stream of consciousness.

If you were to pick several of them, such as the time one of your parents gave you a hug of substance at that precise moment when you most needed it, or what it felt like to be in a large arena watching a concert or a sporting event that really mattered to you or how it felt right before the teacher gave you the greenlight to start taking a final exam that had deep impact on your potential future… In each of these and more, you can ask someone who has lived a deep experience, and they will all have an appropriate memory to share with you, for the vibrational energy of every single one of these kinds of moments imprints on our soul, and cumulatively shapes us into whom we become.

When we reflect back on something as having transpired along time ago, we are referencing an experience that may or may not be potentially fading, and/or evolving as our memory does its very best to retain, and recall.

Many times, as we are trying to filter our way through these experiences, we may well be leveraging an existing photograph or video, which helps keep more of the accuracy in place, but when we view the entire collective experience through our consciousness, each of these ideas becomes proximal to one another in our own mind. Very much akin to photos in an album.

We become time travelers, bouncing from moment to moment in our lives, recounting emotions, visuals, smells, tastes, sounds and feelings that are sparked through the tiniest of references.

I took this quotation from the show, This is Us, because it so beautifully exemplifies how the tapestry of memories delivers a construct in which we are best able to experience reality through nonsequential methods. This nonlinear exploration of a family’s life is so beautifully crafted, and collectively presents an overall understanding of their stories, that might never be fully appreciated in a traditional linear sequence.

Happy Sunday!