Memory

After the month of July and the adventures I went on, I learned that life is just basically a lot of memories stacked on top of each other.

Everything you do in life just adds onto your memory and it keeps on going. When you experience something, you remember it; when you learn something, you remember it; basically, whenever you gain something, it's stored into your brain or your body, and that is another thing that turns into memory. There are different kinds of learning - all resulting in some sort of memory - because, after all, the meaning of learning is to remember something and have the ability to recall it when needed.

It's pretty cool how when I revisit a location or a situation similar to one I've experienced before, instantaneously, my brain would throw a whole bunch of information back to the front of my brain caused by different memory hooks. I can remember things that I never even thought I remembered, but suddenly resurface and it wakes my senses up.

I was lying in my bed, one night, while in Oregon, and it basically occurred to me, this: you are who you are because of the memories you carry with you. Since time only goes one direction, and at a constant rate, what you make out of your time is what you become. Every experience you gain, everything you learn gets stored into your body and that's that. You can't go back in time to encounter moments in your life so what you remember is what apparently "happened". However you chose to record your memory at the time you experienced an event will be how it affects you in the future.

Anyways, I had a real fun month of July. I have a hard time believing that it's August already. I'm real excited for Kids' Camp at church, which starts next week. Actually, I have to say that I'm really looking forward to the bowling fieldtrip. I'm so ready to kick some of the kids' butts at bowling; okay, I suck at bowling, but no one needs to know that. One of the reasons why I love working with kids so much is because you get to mess with their mind, and they'll almost believe anything you say. Yeah, I know that's mean but no one gets hurt and all the kids get to know who I really am in the end. Making it seem like you're mysterious to them makes them want to know your more, and that is great to have. Once you can build your relationships, then you've got a good thing going.