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Appreciate How Time Distorts Memories For The Better
Last week, I fell upon a blind test video of music from the 2000’s aimed towards French people. Out of curiosity, I tried it and despite getting awful results, it brought back many memories and feelings from back then.
What struck me was that most music which I didn’t like back then felt nostalgically good this time around.
As a result, it made me think of how time distorts our memories in all sorts of weird ways.
We tend to believe time is trying to trick us and because of this and we should be careful of it.
Indeed, we often wish to remember everything clearly and are worried of our memories changing. Sometimes memories are changed for the better but there are those times when bad experiences turn for the worst in our mind.
For this reason, we are afraid of our memory.
Why do we have to hurt so much because of a bad experience? It was bad at that time but not that bad, wasn’t it?
Yet, it is important that you look at it with a positive mindset.
Whether a memory is twisted to make you believe it was better or worse back then, they both have clear positive impacts on you.
If you remember a relationship or any experience more positively than it was, this…
