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Apr 24, 2006 23:52

so i just started crying. i need a forum to let this all out, excuse the punctuation errors and general lack of organization. i just started thinking about the past. and how nothing can ever be the same. the close of high school is really making me realize that. i'm so scared, so very scared. mainly that i'm not going to be able to remember all ( Read more... )

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shadowdiadem April 25 2006, 20:03:16 UTC
Yes, memories do fade. Funny trick of the mind that lets us remember all the good ones and wipe away or lessen the sting of the bad ones.

But why would you want to live in memories? Remember them, enjoy them, learn from them, but don't live in them. If you feel you have not enjoyed life to the best of your ability, learn from your memories and begin to live as hard as you can.

The great things in your life are only taken away if you let them be taken away. Or, from another perspective, they are only taken away if you think they are being taken away. You cannot cling to them forever. The only constant is change. Happiness is fleeting; it is not a permanent state. You will find it in those transient moments; notice it, catch it, marvel at its wonder and then let it go. Clinging to it only lets the rot set in.

Life is ephemeral. You are ephemeral. Congratulations, and welcome to the universe. Your world is only you and what you perceive, and that dies with you. This is the fact that has plagued every single thinking person to pass ( ... )

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thrashinflorida April 26 2006, 02:14:13 UTC
Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - )

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popupmemory April 26 2006, 03:02:50 UTC
i like that

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swan_hater April 28 2006, 23:58:13 UTC
what are you the quote man?

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