A friend asked if he should keep old pictures or delete them with the mindset that deleting pictures means he either he's trying to forget the past, or he's trying to move on.
Some replied by saying keeping certain pictures are worthwhile if they're good memories whilst he should delete pictures that cause him pain. Now I know that we should try to shape our experiences and personalities based on generally positive vibes but I personally feel that deleting "painful" pictures is just you lying to yourself. I believe that every memory is important regardless of how happy or painful it was. Whatever you do, whatever decision you make- that's what makes you YOU. I am my every mistake and my every achievement. I own up to it and live through it. It is not a question of forgetting the past, it is the question of having the strength to live with it.
We create these impressions on people and in turn, create a memory of ourselves through someone's mind. Even after we die, our memory embedded in them lives on and in this way- we achieve immortality. It's not such an uncommon phenomenon. Many artists have achieved immortality by living in the minds of our current generation- viewing their art from thousands of years ago however fragmented it may have become. Memory is a fragile thing. Everyday we forget something, and thus everyday a little bit of us dies whilst creating new memories. Choosing to forget is redundant. Choosing to forget -to me- is a sign of weakness.
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