Celerity
shape without form, shade without colour
- Jan 24, 2021
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Of course, memories with a lot of salience such as those of traumas or major milestones are a given for being especially vivid. You ever have some memories though that linger and are especially detailed for no good reason?
One that keeps popping up my mind is an afternoon at home when I was about 12 years old. I played this Xbox racing game and was quite terrible at it. My mom prepared a simple meal of ground beef tacos with rice, beans, and corn. The memory isn't particularly happy - in fact, I remember being a bit frustrated from the game - but I was just so contented with life that day. None of the worries I had already accumulated at that age could touch me.
God knows I had no awareness that these would be some of the best days of my life and that living would just get worse and not better. The simple minds of children, lol.
I do wonder if this memory is on the short list of those that may race through my mind as I die. I hope to die in my sleep, of course, but this wouldn't be a bad way to go out.
One that keeps popping up my mind is an afternoon at home when I was about 12 years old. I played this Xbox racing game and was quite terrible at it. My mom prepared a simple meal of ground beef tacos with rice, beans, and corn. The memory isn't particularly happy - in fact, I remember being a bit frustrated from the game - but I was just so contented with life that day. None of the worries I had already accumulated at that age could touch me.
God knows I had no awareness that these would be some of the best days of my life and that living would just get worse and not better. The simple minds of children, lol.
I do wonder if this memory is on the short list of those that may race through my mind as I die. I hope to die in my sleep, of course, but this wouldn't be a bad way to go out.