Somehow, looking back, everything looks BETTER. I look thinner, happier, prettier. Life looks like it was more fun way back then...The house looks cleaner, the grass greener, the sky bluer. Everyone somehow looks full of joy, even when we look tired (in the pics with newborns for example).
How does our present and our past get so skewed? What makes it so hard to embrace the joy in the day to day, and yet, looking back at a photo has us wanting to go back in time if only for a moment? Is it because we only take photos on the happy days? Do more pics get taken in summer when the SAD has lifted for us all?
I do love looking back on old photos...but I find it troublesome that there are times I can't embrace the now! I've found the past few months kind of heavy in ways. I feel like I've had to tell myself 'enjoy this moment', knowing that it will pass and not wanting to only enjoy it in hindsight and wish to relive a moment I didn't give a good go the first time around (if that makes sense).
Humans are funny creatures...we all know what we need to do, and yet so many of us struggle to do it. Is it our culture that has us so focussed on future moments and acquisitions that prevents us from embracing the NOW...? Or is it just part of being human?
Why is it that at the end of the day, I'd rather write out my thoughts than put one more kid to bed?
My kids are growing up so fast, too fast I think. A pause button here and there would be nice and surely help me savour them more.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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Having known a person who suffered amnesia following a car accident, I've come to believe that the human brain is very good at protecting itself. It makes you remember the good things so much more so than the bad. Perhaps it is a mechanism to enable us to continue on, even when it seems everything isn't great, by making the past seem better than it actually was and giving us hope that the future will be an improvement on the present. And when something really bad happens the brain blocks it out completely to keep itself safe. Quite clever really.
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