“You won't be free from guilt if you are constantly replaying the negative memories of your past. If you're going to replay anything, replay your victories!” IfsPastMemoriesVictoryNegativeGuiltPositivityRecallsNegativityOur PastYour PastRecollectionReplay Author:Joel Osteen
“Don't resurrect relationships with negative people off of good memories. You will only remind yourself why they became your past in the first place.” PeopleFirstsPastMemoriesNegativeOur PastYour PastNegative PeopleGood Memories Author:Keshia Chante
“The past doesn’t exist except as a memory, a mental story, and though past events aren’t changeable, your stories about them are. You can act now to transform the way you tell the story of your past, ultimately making it a stalwart protector of your future.” WayStoriesPastMemoriesEventsOur FutureOur PastYour FutureYour PastProtectorPast EventsStalwart Author:Martha Beck
“Memoir is a weird genre for a reporter. You end up investigating your own memories, reporting out your past.” EndsPastMemoriesMemoirGenreReportersOur PastYour PastInvestigating Author:William Finnegan
“If you've ever had to recall your past in some way and you open a drawer of old photographs that your parents kept, there are always pictures of you smiling and charming, and then a bunch of people you don't know who they are. Could be aunts, uncles, could be the postman for all you know. Who are these people? Your parents are never in the picture, because they are the ones taking them. So you've got these unrelated images that are disconnected from your memories.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayPastParentMemoriesPhotographBunchRecallsCharmingOur PastUnclesAuntYour PastOur MemoriesDrawersDisconnectedPostmanOld Photographs Author:Gail Zappa