I've been writing a memoir for months. I have always had a good long term memory, but I am finding that there are some memories that I have to avoid.
The girl I have been in love with since I was eighteen years old (I am in my mid forties now), got married last September, and I can't go through all of what were good memories without making myself sad.
I don't want to lose the memories, I just need to be able to shut them off sometimes.
I have found that if I want to remember the good stuff, I have to accept what comes with it. Memories a particularly like that. The key to enjoying them is to not get into the "if only" mode.
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