Henri Nouwen once said, “What makes us human is not our mind but our heart. Not our ability to think, but our ability to love.” To me this quote not only directs towards the idea of just having the ability to love, but being capable of generating and accepting feelings as a whole. Although, love is one of the many necessary feelings we should be able to endure and execute, there are still so any more feelings and emotions that us humans explore on a day to day basis. One of the things that our feelings and emotions tie in to daily include our memories. From the ones that made us the happiest to the ones that put us at our lowest, all are what shapes us to be who we are and who we will become.
On August 15th of 2012 my mother, sister, and I were all traveling to North Carolina for a back-to-school event at my grandma’s church. Upon leaving for the trip, we all suddenly felt the need to put on our seat belts rather than halfway through the trip as usual. And I, oddly, felt the urge to sit in the middle rather than customarily settling …show more content…
We as people, also, are not in control of this function. Unless there is some sort of medical condition interfering with this production, it just happens. Simply just being able to remember is all it takes, and they also aren’t just something we can pick and choose over. Of course, the boring ones are the hardest to remember and the ones that mean the most to you come like it just happened yesterday. Likewise, memories aren’t just that special trip you took to Hawaii 2 years ago but it can go as little as being you dropped your toothbrush in the sink 2 days ago. And they can all be uncontrollably brought back to your mind and remembered at any second, just because of the simple fact that it happened. Scientifically, our memories are stored through neurons passed and stored within the brain. But realistically, it will always come down to humans just being
On August 15th of 2012 my mother, sister, and I were all traveling to North Carolina for a back-to-school event at my grandma’s church. Upon leaving for the trip, we all suddenly felt the need to put on our seat belts rather than halfway through the trip as usual. And I, oddly, felt the urge to sit in the middle rather than customarily settling …show more content…
We as people, also, are not in control of this function. Unless there is some sort of medical condition interfering with this production, it just happens. Simply just being able to remember is all it takes, and they also aren’t just something we can pick and choose over. Of course, the boring ones are the hardest to remember and the ones that mean the most to you come like it just happened yesterday. Likewise, memories aren’t just that special trip you took to Hawaii 2 years ago but it can go as little as being you dropped your toothbrush in the sink 2 days ago. And they can all be uncontrollably brought back to your mind and remembered at any second, just because of the simple fact that it happened. Scientifically, our memories are stored through neurons passed and stored within the brain. But realistically, it will always come down to humans just being