Inspirational - experiencing life and journaling both help develop an awareness of the world and oneself. But the journal is not needed for memory as much as for allocating moments of gaining insights.
The boy may never read the journal and still, he will remember differently - remember what he was thinking and perhaps feeling, and the connections to other thought and feelings he had.
Memories elude for a reason: we need them in summary, to build our conscience, but we don’t need the details.
Trying to recap years later, to connect the dots, is a creative act. Whatever comes out of it is what we need now, built from fragments of experiences from all the years lived. Memories are now. Past is past. We have been there but we are here now.
Inspirational - experiencing life and journaling both help develop an awareness of the world and oneself. But the journal is not needed for memory as much as for allocating moments of gaining insights.
The boy may never read the journal and still, he will remember differently - remember what he was thinking and perhaps feeling, and the connections to other thought and feelings he had.
Memories elude for a reason: we need them in summary, to build our conscience, but we don’t need the details.
Trying to recap years later, to connect the dots, is a creative act. Whatever comes out of it is what we need now, built from fragments of experiences from all the years lived. Memories are now. Past is past. We have been there but we are here now.
Well said, Jörgen. That’s definitely my own experience! Thanks for reading, as always.