Sifting Through History

While unpacking things from my dorm room, I kept coming across things from when I was little that I had still neglected to find a proper place for or had just never put back after moving it for some reason. It's a strangely happy feeling to come across those silly little gel bracelets you bought your first time at the mall alone, or those seashells you've had in your closet since you went to the beach last as a small child. All those things are a reminder of what I used to be. And by that I mean before college, jobs, and relationships came to be an integral portion of life. Those moments you hold on to from when you were just doing what any kid would have, having fun. It has been a pretty rocky past few weeks, finals for college and all, but today I was reminded that I should still just be a kid sometimes and just have some fun once in a while solely for the purpose of the fun. And also, a reminder to take the good with the bad. Yeah that was the last time I went to the beach for almost 10 years, but I have the memories of the tides, and the smell of salt water still, and those will never fade away.  The memories should be the most important part of the past. We do not have to keep all the physical things from the past, some of it sure, but a lot of it can be kept in our memories and our hearts just the same as it can be kept in boxes and on shelves. Except keeping things in boxes takes up space in your house, which can be problematic if done for too long in too large a quantity...