Reminders

So many different things can remind you of one thing. "Remind," taken literally, means to mind again, to think about again. As if thinking about it in the first place wasn't good enough, there are things to keep it around in our minds. Half the time, you don't even mean for it to be a reminder, but because of something hilarious or memorable happening, it becomes one. The psychology behind it seems interesting, and to a point untapped. Why are there reminders of our past? Of our present? If our present is a function of our past, and the future a function of our present, then surely the reminders serve as a driving force behind that function. Our minds exist as they do in the present because of these reminders of our past, good and/or bad.

I'm going home in an hour and a half, back to Watertown for the first time since everything that went down there. And when I drive around, I'll be seeing everything exactly as it ever has been, but now, I have a reminder of something in the past, something that I'll probably never be able to un-think. There are plenty of things that can't be un-thought, but the fact that there are reminders to make sure we don't forget is an interesting concept.

Certain notes remind us of other songs, words remind us of other phrases, pictures remind us of the times we had, and places remind us of the memories we made. Think about all of the reminders of things in your life. Anything that you have that symbolizes an important part of your life, whatever that may be. There are probably more than you think.