You know that time you were in that one place and that one terrible thing happened with that one person - and now anytime you hear that name, or think of that place (or month/holiday/etc), you can only think of the terrible thing?
I think we all have those...
I like to take those and make new memories - because those people, and that event, are not entitled to take ownership of certain places. I feel like the memory is terrible, so it does not deserve to continue its existence as dominant in our minds.
So tonight I returned to a space where I had an unpleasant experience with a friend - I returned with a different friend and under different circumstances (IT'S ST PATRICK'S DAY) and created a new, better, and more recent memory. I reclaimed ownership of the space.
While old memories may not completely fade, they are all part of life. The ups, the downs. The sad times, the good times... it's life. I just want the ups and the good to dominate, so reclaiming them only makes sense. Otherwise what bad are we allowing to permeate our lives with our permission?
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Also today... ST PATRICK'S DAY - because I'm 50% Irish. It's my day. Let the leprechauns loose. Always.
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