The famous Audrey Hepburn was never one for “reliving in the past”. She was a type that never indulged in living in the past. This was probably what we found so endearing and modest about her character. To me, though, I don’t quite understand why. Albeit there is no use in dwelling in past times that remind you of a time of pain or anger, but why not relive the times that were good in your life by listening to that song that you used to dance to at the school disco, and remembering your foolish, cheesy dance moves with a smile forming on your face. To me the old saying “The unexamined life is not worth living” always speaks to me in that you have to live in the past and the present to live out who you are in the future. And don’t you?
“One day an old man said to his grandson.
“There is no use in crying over yesterday and worrying about tomorrow”.
“Only live today”.
The boy pondered“Well if I forget about yesterday and don’t think about tomorrow, how will I know what to live for?”
This was a mini saga I once wrote that I entered it into a competition, and it was chosen to be in a young writers saga book. Modest of me to say I know, but I am just proclaiming the fact that we really don’t realise how much our memories play a part in our lives. How our characteristics and destinations throughout our lives have lead us to be the people we are now. Even the tiniest details make each and every one of us very different from one another. Why else is it so exciting to meet new people in the everyday world? We get to learn from them and they can learn from us too. We become better people as we become more content with who we are and how we have changed over the years.
The endearing memories of our childhoods that sometimes reappear in our present day remind us of times that have been and gone. Times, that will never be relived in the same way ever again. That is why whenever I hear the raspy voice of Alanis Morissette I feel a little warm and empty inside all at the same time, in that I will never again be sat at my father’s desk, him on his computer me on mine, and listen to the song ‘Ironic’ whilst raiding with our guild on EverQuest. I have some truly unique memories (you probably have no idea what “EverQuest” is. No? Again to re-emphasize its uniqueness. It was an online gaming with the likes of mystical wood elves and dwarves etc) that I do wish to relive whenever the chance comes along, even if only once a year when they decide to play a Morissette classic on the radio. I will be wholeheartedly joyful to associate her songs with the happy times of casting lava bursts on skeletons and grouping with my father. I will still enjoy those memories as they remind me of a happier time in a gloomier time of our lives. Oh, and if you are wondering how Alanis Morissette’s music got paired up with a fantasy game, I don’t know either, they were both favourite muses of my dads at the time and funnily enough still are.