2012年5月15日 星期二

Journal 73: Happy or Sad


My strongest memories are sad events. I think this happens on me because I tend to take happy things normal and don’t value them as much. However, when bad things happen I tend to notice them and remember them so I can try to prevent them from happening for a second time. Looking back on my childhood, I remember once I was chasing a soccer ball in Germany and then I tripped myself and tumbled down the slope covered with rocks and stuff and I broke my legs and that hurt so much. That’s probably why I remember it. I also remember that I dropped a hot dog on the bank of the Danube, and I don’t know why I remember this. Now that I think about it my memories aren’t really sad events nor happy; they are kind of random. I don’t know why. Those two events are probably considered sad for me as a kid but not anymore. I think they stand out because at that moment I cared a lot about what just happened, but again, I think I remember them because those events basically gave me what I didn’t want. If everything just goes smoothly, I would just take it for granted and don’t give much appreciation to it.

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  1. You went to Germany before!?
    I think sad events normally stands out of our memories because we usually take happy things for granted and we remember the sad events because it hurts. I do agree with you that the things you care about at the time will also stands out from the rest of the memories

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