We are still discussing the topic: What does your life look like, futuristically, when you put your past, present, and past experiences behind you?
Look. I was going to go on and on about what you think your life would look like if you could erase specific memories. But if we examine the full scope of human lives and how we are wired, there is no way to erase these memories unless you develop a rare case of amnesia, and that may not be fun because then the good memories are gone as well. Put the eraser and whiteout down. In life, there is no backspace, delete, or easy buttons. The mistakes, imperfections, and challenges we faced then and those we will experience now and futuristically will be a part of who we are. These experiences are interwoven into what it means to be our authentic selves.
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We have always heard the cliché “choose wisely,” but in certain aspects of life, your situations and circumstances are chosen for you. How you deal with, maneuver, and overcome these life complexities matters. Understand that in life, there will be makeshift moments. Also, give recognition to the truth of the matter that we must live by the cliché “life is not easy.” Why because it is NOT.
Everything we do in life should present challenges and complexities. We should all fail at some point in life. If you have not failed, that means you have not tried. That means you have not experienced the true definition of life.I mean, have you been paying attention. I reminded you a few lines up that there was no easy button.
No erasers in the world are powerful enough to obliterate your memories, except for particular head traumas and possibly age. I am sure you will agree that we do not wish to have these two erasers in our toolbox, whereas the aging process is inevitable. In most cases, we all remember what we want to remember, and we remember things how we want to remember them, but that only means they happened to or in front of us. We must never let our negative experiences overshadow our positive experiences. Living with the intent to live a good, happy, and healthy life means accepting the good, bad, and ugly, especially those we can control.
While there may still be regrets and uncherished moments, I have fallen in love with and have learned to appreciate my past. Regarding my past engagements, I have developed a pragmatic disposition and have chosen not to be dogmatic about what did occur but will stay vigilant to what will happen. Why? Because I now know that those disconcerting and pleasant experiences have resulted in me becoming my current person and will forever play a significant role in how I maneuver throughout life from here on out. I have become coupled with my involvements and discernments of life, love, laughter, happiness, success—and unsuccessfulness.
In truth, I have realized that if we took a step back and pontificated on the question, “what does my life look like if I could erase unwanted or bad memories,” your life will be full of holes, incomplete goals, and possible foes and faux friends. Erasing specific components of your life happenings or happenstances may make you feel unfulfilled and empty. You may also experience diminished self-authentication, life dissatisfaction, and poor subjective well-being.
If you were to evaluate your current life situations, there would be some moving parts that you may not be happy or satisfied with and may even detest. But this is your life. You and only you are responsible for living it—no one else. If you don’t like something, then change it. After all, you have the civil right and duty to be happy. While some involvement has restrictions and must be deemed societally appropriate, you must find ways to boost your well-being, life satisfaction, and longevity.
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Create experiences, good and bad ones. Be a manifestation of your experiences, the good and bad ones. Learn from your past experiences—don’t erase them. Unquestionably, you will face life adversities; use them to your advantage and become that better person you desire and deserve to be. Afterall, experiences are who we are, were, and will become.
Experiences fit the characteristics and social dynamisms of what it means to be a human being. I thought I wanted to erase specific memories from my past. But I don’t—and neither should you. Yes, we’ve had unpleasant life experiences, but erasing them is not the right approach to deal with them. We must understand that we as individuals have the decision to choose to leave our past behind. I mean, the past, by definition, is something that is gone in time and no longer exists. Hint, hint, gone and no longer exist—your eraser.
So, I have decided to leave my past in the past. I have decided to move forward with my life and to create my own happiness, as you should. Past experiences have taught us everything we now know. Whatever was then has constructed us into being our present and authentic selves. We have learned valuable life lessons, as our todays become our tomorrows. We will have gained more knowledge and experience. We will have become wiser, even though what we have learned is a result of our past. So, I beg of you, put the erasers down. Don’t erase your past. Embrace it because it’s now part of who you are and becoming. Don’t erase your past. Continue to create new memories—remembrances that are gone and no longer exist but still give you reasons to laugh and cry, silently and out loud.
We are still discussing the topic: What does your life look like, futuristically, when you put your past, present, and past experiences behind you?
… Just because your moral compass has majorly deposited experiences into your psyche and used this as a tool for navigating life doesn’t mean you are in control of yourself. So many people wish to change things in their lives, something that they have experienced, but like it or not, you cannot. You cannot escape life experiences no matter how hard you try to forget them.
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Some people wish loved ones back into their lives or wish they had never met certain characters. Some people account for specific experiences, while others may deny them. What we must realize is that our every encounter has meaning. Some human exchanges and experiences are good, while others are unpleasant. Some people use their good or bad experiences for good, while others use them diabolically, but these encounters taught us life lessons. Physical interactions are a mainstay of how we maneuver in life. They have become a part of who we are, our characters. They have assisted with the shaping and reshaping of our personalities. Life experiences have taught us about ourselves, our likes and dislikes, have to deal with happy and stressful times, the foreseeable and the inevitable.
Although we as humans are social creatures, our experiences have also taught us how to be alone and not feel lonely or isolated. Our adventures continue to be driving forces in our lives. The engagements that many so lovingly enjoy and even those we wish never existed have made navigating life easier and resulted in how we embrace or deal with new encounters and social networks.
So, look around. What would my life look like if I had the mental capacity or brain power to erase specific past experiences forever? Do you think your mental purge of past experiences would result in a perfect present and future?
What if you choose to erase something or someone that resulted from you reaching specific goals or overcoming particular life challenges. At some point in your life, these past experiences had meaning, even if they were undesirable or unpleasant. We state the claims that we only want to focus on positive experiences and not ruminate on the negative ones, but what most of us do not realize is that most of those negative experiences are a result of us being who we are today, but wait…
It is undeniable that humans are emotional beings, especially women, and everything they experience, past, present, and future, will be a part of their lives forever. Many people try to forget and move on, but those feelings or emotions do not dissipate so quickly when you have had an experience with other individuals who have touched your soul. In contrast, these emotional experiences become a part of your natural being, like it or not. They become stories you tell others. These experiences become part of how you adjust and navigate the rest of your life.
With that being said, what do you think your life would look like if you had the mental capacity or brain power to think about what you experienced in the past, especially experiences that you wish that you could erase from your memory forever. Especially things that you wished you had never experienced or experienced first-hand. I am not talking about a form of amnesia. However, what I am talking about is a person’s decision to optionally and freely erase, without consequence, their past, present, or future (no, you cannot jot down that you are successful, educated, a multimillionaire or billionaire, or met one, whereas you are set for life). This means that whatever you have already experienced in life, you can erase, meaning, ANYTHING.
Look. Humans live. Humans will inevitably have experiences. Humans see or witness their own stories, but they also vicariously share the experiences or stories of others, especially if they attentively listen to what others have to say and they care. Or especially if they are in a relationship with a romantic partner or spouse, another person’s experience becomes your experience, even when you remember the experience differently.
Listen. I asked the question for a reason. I have reached an age where I no longer give a damn about specific (unimportant) individuals, how they feel, or how my presence, judgment, character, successions, failures, and experiences affect how I maneuver in life. No, I am not being facetious. I am being honest, transparent, and disclosing my authentic self, and so should you.
Why would you want to navigate your life based on others’ opinions or experiences or what they feel is good for you when you know yourself better than anyone else.
I have concluded that I am the only person I need to please.
I have come to a consensus that there would be no me without my personal life experiences.
I have come to a consensus that I (YOU) DO NOT need anyone other than myself to validate who I am, where I come from, where I currently stand, or how I progress in life, live or die.
I have come to a consensus that my life experiences are those that have or will turn me into my authentic self, whatever that may be. Someone that is strong-minded, studious, independent, open-minded, free-spirited, and does not allow experiences to define my holistic self.
In life, we must continually understand that we evolve based on our experiences.
Let me be extremely clear: I have concluded that my personal life experiences have become my moral compass for navigating life, past, present, and futuristically, but wait…
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There’s more…
Hold up. I did say that these experiences does not define my personal being or where I yearn to go or to be. There is more to the story, so brace yourself and ready attentively, as a I am sure I am not alone in my personal experiences.
Take charge of your life and never give anyone the power over you and determine how you maneuver in life and what steps you take to accomplish your set goals and aspirations.
Au'Pearce 