"Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I never paid any attention. I never stopped to think of it as something that would make a lasting impression..."While sitting next to the window on the train to Utrera, I stared out at the passing fields and thought about this quote. I pondered some natural questions...
What am i doing today that will make a lasting impression years to come?
What scenes in my everyday life will i remember 20 years from now?
What if I forget the most important things?
Right now as i am teaching in spain, meeting new people, and traveling through spain and europe, I am certainly making memories. Will these memories last forever? fortunately, i have kept a journal through life since i was a little girl. i can easily retrace my thoughts from when i was a young child. but, those are just written words. Everything that was important back then is just a memory now. Its interesting what memories come in your mind like a rocket, they come so fast yet they are gone instantly. In Spain, i want to make memories that will last a lifetime. i want to remember them forever.
As quoted in "Norwegian Wood, "Life doesnt require ideals. it requires standards of action."
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Interesting thoughts on memory... Made me think of this quote that I really like:
ReplyDelete"I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit."
-Dawna Markova
Love you, Pal, and so glad you're having life-altering and life-affirming experiences.