Echoes of Soul

Why do memories have so much power over us? Perhaps it is because they are the echoes of our experiences,whispering secrets of the past, a reminder of the love that we have lost and the love that we still seek. The shadows of painful moments still linger, a testament to the scars that remain! Often, we don't even realize the importance of moments until they are gone leaving with only memories.

Those fleeting smiles, random corridor walks, how sweet and precious were those! The feeling of being special when teachers praise us- oh the pride and happiness it brought! Glancing at our name in someone else's notebook- the bliss it brought! Some memories bring joy and bliss and a lifetime of happiness!

While some memories are such that bring only pain and guilt. The memories we want to erase from life. But even in painful memories there is a beauty to be found! These are memories that makes us mature, teaches us lesson for life! For every scar there is a story of survival!

And in the end memories are fleeting. They fade with time and get lost in the depths of our minds! We grasp them, trying to hold onto the past, but they slip like sand from the hand.

So my dear readers, live every moment, because it's the memory that will last after the moment has passed! The person may or may not be the part of your life but the memories will! For in the end it's not the years we live but the life in those years matter!

-Zoe