Memories

Memories are tricky. There are those you hold onto with ferocity and those that are fleeting like  a familiar scent or shared song. They can be whimsical,  preserving those joyous moments we cling to in times of despair and they can be torturous, rearing their ugly head at the most inconvenient moments. The tricky thing is, is that memories are alterable. It is our ability to erase those that are too unpleasant to keep close, or embellish the ones that you wish had been better that make them such. You may need to dig deep to find memories tucked away for future contemplation or fight memories too painful to recall. Worse yet, we can transform memories into something they are not, something that will allow us to perpetuate a fantasy when perhaps it is time to stop and see who we are.  So yes, memories are tricky but it is what we do with them that is the trickiest part of all.