Memories

We make memories every second we are alive, something is always happening whether it is reading a book, talking to someone, waking up, falling asleep, listening to music, walking somewhere, sat doing something anything we do can become a memory. Yet there are only specific memories which we remember better than others. For example the memory of my boyfriend asking me to be his girlfriend 10 months ago is a lot stronger than the memory of what I did yesterday while at college.

Some memories stand out more than others and these are the memories which shape our experiences and fears. If we remember that something made us fearful, we don't like that memory and are scared of it happening again which shapes on how you conduct yourself in certain situations where that can occur again. Me personally, I have memories which I love to think about and others which I would rather throw away into a metaphorical ocean on nothingness, but I know that cannot happen. I'm stuck with it.

In a way our memories shape what we know about the world. If we remember not to do something because our society deems it to be unacceptable then I believe we would tend to avoid whatever it was that we think society would not like. I remember growing up like any other kid I wanted to fit in and if anyone told me not to do something, that would be put into my memory to not do it again. Even so I would always end up doing something else silly which wasn't "socially acceptable" to everyone around me.

My question to people reading this is however, who created the term socially acceptable and who decides what is acceptable or not? Over time I know from my A-level studies some actions which have previously not been "socially acceptable" are now the norm and as the term goes 'everyone is doing it'. I think this is true in lots of cases such as binge drinking which I know from experience is something very popular among the youth of our generation and before. Even though binge drinking really isn't good for us, why are university students always in the lime light for  doing this?

Don't get me wrong I drink and get drunk but I don't do it a lot of the time I only go to parties a couple times of the year because I would personally like to spend my time making memories else where I am sober and can remember what has gone by.

Memories are something we should treasure, even the bad memories we have because one day we may not remember a thing. That thought is scary to us all.