Gratitude Post - March 3, 2023

I'm grateful for self-created memories!

Have you ever been told a story from before you can remember?  And then, once it's been told to you time and time again, you're able to suddenly remember your own version of it?  I know I have some of these "memories", and I sometimes have to remind myself that what I think I remember is just an active imagination.

I'm grateful for these false or fictional memories because it highlights the inherent strength, and resulting weakness of the mind.  Our mind is so strong that it can convince itself that something is real, like an imagined memory.  Inherent in that is the weakness of losing sight of reality and potentially trying to force others to adhere to this new version of truth.  And though self-created memories from before we can remember is most likely an innocent form of this phenomenon, the very existence of these false memories invites us to remember that lying to ourselves can have dire consequences, especially when we no longer remember it as a lie.  And for me, that invitation is something to be grateful for.