Memories

Memories are a weird and odd concept to me, I mean it doesn't seem like you remember everything that has ever happened to you. Some things are forgotten and others are not. It seems to be that anything that happens to you that you want to remember will be remembered one way or another. Everything can't be remembered because not every single thing that happens in your day will be important in your development as a human. You may remember that time you tripped and skinned your knee, but for how long? An hour? You may never forget it. But I can almost guarantee that you will remember it as long as it still hurts. That's why I think some traumatic events are hard to forget. Bad times in your life may leave a scar on your psyche for a very long time. Once you get over that tragic event though, you may find it even harder to forget it. I think our brains were designed to retain specific memories in our lives because if we never remembered anything, we would never know how far we have come, nor would we ever know how to learn from them.