“Thank you“ might be the hardest word to say. We may wonder, what can be so castrating about embracing gratitude? Some think it causes fear of loss, while it unleashes indistinct anxiety of losing independence or self-control. Gratefulness might come down to an undying struggle against oblivion. It could amount to a lasting burden for maintaining the infallibility of their memory. In short, for some, thankfulness is a box of Pandora. ("Thank God for the Belgian chocolate ")” GratitudeMemoryBurdenThank YouThankfulnessOblivionBelgian ChocolateBox Of PandoraCastrating Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Things as they appear every day and as they are engraved in our memory, facts and occurrences as they are perceived by senses, create an intricate labyrinth in the mind. The way how things are experienced in our environment and how they react in the arsenal of our imagination, creates a torrent of inspiring ideas that flood the speedy highways of our brains. ( " Labyrinth of the mind " )” MindIdeasImaginationEnvironmentMemorySensesLabyrinthBrains Author:Erik Pevernagie
“In the beginning was the word and the word was love and love was imagination. When love takes us through the sun-dappled garden of our imagination, no stalking horses can perturb the rainbow in our mind or fade out its bright colors reflecting in the blue sky of our memory. ("Alpha and Omega")” LoveMindImaginationGardenMemoryRainbowColorsBlue SkyBrightReflectAlpha And OmegaIn The BeginningThe WordFade OutPerturbStalking HorsesSun Dappled Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Knowing, or thinking we know, can lead to many commotions. What we believe, we know, is maybe a mere illusion. Crucial elements might have disappeared from our mind file and lost in the mist of our memory until suddenly, some bells start ringing. These bells may remind us of correcting our knowledge profile and call us to order. ("The past was her best friend")” ThinkingKnowingIllusionMemoryBells RingingCommotionMind FileCall To OrderKnowledge Profile Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Throughout our emotional odyssey in the unembellished narrative of our life, we may sense many alluring voices that are enticing us into a beguiling, seamless story. Our inner monologue, however, might start raising consequential questions about the scintillation of that story, about our vulnerability during the tempting process and the danger of losing our real self. The question may be asked, whether the lure might enlighten, weaken or destroy our living. While our interior monologue mostly listens to the wisdom of our experience and the guidance of our memory, it may happen that it prefers not to listen. In that event, however, unreason and passion will be calling all the shots. ( “Woman in progress” )” WisdomMemoryVulnerabilityReal SelfOdysseyBeguilingInner MonologueCalling All The ShotsScintillationSeamless Story Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If our memory is a compass rather than an anchor of the past, we can reinterpret our history in light of the present. By living in forward motion, we can select wisdom from our experience, without being haunted by it. When we identify what we are leaving behind and why we do so, we can leave mental chaos and go forward with confidence. (“Never looking back again”)” WisdomMemoryCompassAnchorLeaving BehindReinterpretMental ChaosIn Forward MotioNever Looking Back Againpast Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Even if we have bad feelings about our past and it causes a sense of alienation, it belongs to our history. Its benchmarks are stored in the granary of our mind and crucial evaluations for the future cannot be made without consulting the archive of our memory. ( “Not without the past”)” MindPastHistoryFutureMemoryCrucialAlienationEvaluationConsultingArchivesBenchmarkingStoreBad FeelingsGranary Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we make a fly-on-the-wall review of our history and connect the significant scenarios from our memory, we can develop a comprehensive pattern of our identity that throws a whirl of light on the secreted framework of our life. ("Labyrinth of the mind")” MindIdentityMemoryFrameworkComprehensiveLabyrinthPatternScenarioFly On The Wall Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Recognizing a problem may help us to understand and solve a problem. Rather than lying down and selling our sound judgment short, let us appeal to the opulent granary of our memory and explore the green pastures lingering in our mind. ("Prêt-à-penser")” MindProblemMemoryUnderstandExploreLingeringRecognizeLying DownSound JudgmentGreen PasturesOpulentSolve A ProblemGranaryPrêt à PenserAppeal ToSell Short Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we never want to look back on the past, we create tension between memory and independence, retrospection and progress. By so doing, we make a radical commitment to the future that becomes a state of unbridled freedom. (“Never looking back again” PastFreedomFutureCommitmentMemoryRetrospectionNever Looking Back AgainIndependebnce Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Why do people so often keep on speaking without ever saying anything? Words so often disappear furtively, as if they had never existed. They don’t stir any strings in our minds or thrill our emotions. They leave no trace in our memory and vanish simply like birds in the airy void of the sky. ("Words flew away like birds" )” EmotionsWordsMemorySpeakingSayingMindsTraceFly Away Like Birds Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If memorable settings do not ring any bells anymore in the twisting lobes of our memory or do not raise a single tingling in our emotions, let us, then, rethink things over to re-invent ourselves and find out what killed the vital air of our recollection. ("Just for a moment" )” EmotionsMemoryMemorableRecollectionRethinkTinglingInvent OneselfRing A BellVital Air Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Some ephemeral moments must be given a memory, because the temporality of an instant may radiate a twinkle of eternity.( "Crystallization under an umbrella" )” MomentsEternityMemoryInstantEphemeralTemporalityRadiateTwinkleCrystallized Dreams Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we can still capture the enlightening sounds in the deep grooves of our memory, we may be sure we have not lived crippled in the deafened ripples of mental silence beyond the focus of attention.("Corporeal prison")” AttentionMemoryCrippledRipplesCorporeal PrisonDeafenedDeep GroovesEnlightening SoundsMental Silence Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Willful blindness” may hinder us from discerning the critical fault lines in the narrative of our life. Our memory may obliterate then the crucial elements that are vital to really come to know ourselves. ("Non mais, t'as vu l'heure !")” LifeMemoryNarrativeCrucialKnowDiscerningFault LinesObliterateWillful BlindnessHeure Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We are what we remember. If we lose our memory, we lose our identity and our identity is the accumulation of our experiences. When we walk down the memory lane, it can be unconsciously, willingly, selectively, impetuously or sometimes grudgingly. By following our stream of consciousness we look for lost time and things past. Some reminiscences become anchor points that can take another scope with the wisdom of hindsight. ("Walking down the memory lane" )” WisdomRememberIdentityMemoryScopeAccumulationExperiencesLoseGrudgeHindsightSelectiveMemory LossReminiscenceLost TimeStream Of ConsciousnessThings PastMemory LaneWillinglyUnconsciouslyAnchor PointsWalk DownImpetuously Author:Erik Pevernagie
“A fleeting moment can become an eternity. From a past encounter everything may disappear in the dungeon of forgetfulness. A few furtive flashes or innocent twinkles can survive, though. Some immaterial details may remain marked in our memory, forever. A significant look, a salient colour or a unforeseen gesture may abide, indelibly engraved in our mind. ( "Girl in blue" )” MindPastGirlColorBlueMemoryDetailsDisappearSignificantInnocentFleetingMomentForgetfulnessSurviveLookIndelibleUnforeseenEngravedEncounterGestureTwinkleAbideDungeonMarkedImmaterialFlashesFurtiveSalientEtrenity Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We can only speak true, talk straight and be outspoken, if we prove to be able to decrypt the veiled elements of the puzzle inside and outside our environment; describe the intricacies of the social constructions and the emotional sensitivities; analyze the feasible contingencies and practical options; arbitrate and come to sensible conclusions; and invent pragmatic proposals and equitable solutions. (“Mutilated memory”)” EnvironmentMemoryPragmaticOutspokenSensitivitiesArbitrateDecryptMutulatedSpeak True Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Life is merely a series of moments and is in fact an unflinching serial killer, since it kills steadily each moment one after the other. Memory is the only survivor. (“Just for a moment”)” LifeMomentsSeriesMemorySurvivorKillSerial KillerMerelySteadilyIn FactUnflinching Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Memory may be pig-headed and want us to follow its whims along the blips and dips of our time line. ( "All the words he always wanted to tell her.")” MemoryTimelineWhimsBlips And DipsPig Headed Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The magic of the present moment that is warily stored in the granary of our memory may pop up at any time and usher us along the winding paths of our life, and light up the dead points in the dim curves of our journey. ("Voices of the sea") –” MagicMemoryPresent MomentCurvesLight UpVoicesDimUsherPop UpDead Point Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When we are “time traveling”, we may trip over problems from the past which distort our memory. If we are weary of dealing with lost causes or lame ducks in our history, we have to make up our mind and give up destructive thinking patterns. At that juncture, time has come to go back to the future. ( “A glimpse of the future" )” MindPastTimeHistoryMemoryDestructiveWearyGlimpseGive UpLost CauseTripTime TravelingThinking PatternDistortDeal WithLame DucksAt That JuntureGo Back To The Future Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As we go through the flightiness of time, dazed by the inebriety of our mental time voyage, we must hit the brakes, sometimes, and not shy away from questioning ourselves, when we wade through the tanning mist of our memory that embroiders our thoughts or distorts them. ("Uber alle Gipfeln ist Ruh" )” TimeMemoryMentalDazedEmbroiderFlightinessHit The BrakesInebrietyShy AwayWade Into Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we take the time to unravel the surreptitious fragments from the past that are veiled in the muddle and jumble of our memory, we may single out the essentials for the present that might be best shots for the future. (Never looking back again", )” PastTimeFutureEssentialsMemoryPresentFragmentsSurreptitiousUnravelMuddle And Jumble Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When life turns out to become a muddy pool, we have got to recognize we must fire away and get down to leave for limpid waters and take possession of our dream to follow the flight of the swallows that still hover high in the blue sky of our memory. ("Halt in flight")” DreamMemoryBlue SkySwallowsHoverHalt In FlightFire AwayLimpid WatersMuddy Pool Author:Erik Pevernagie