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more on memories
Aug. 20th, 2002 05:34 pmi'm reading this book called How Good Do We Have To Be? by a rabbi named harold kushner, and i stumbled on this passage about memories that i really like. so read it, think about it, and take my memory poll here if you haven't already.
"Memory can be painful, as everything that makes a human being more than an animal can be painful. Good memories deepen the poignancy of what we have lost. Bad memories keep the resentment alive when the occasion is long past. But memory is what ultimately gives us power over death, by keeping the person alive in our hearts. Memory is what gives us power over time, by keeping the past present so that it cannot fade and rob us of what we once held precious. And as far as we know, only human beings have that. In a sense, our time on earth is limited, but in another sense it is not. We not only have today; we have all the yesterdays we are capable of remembering and all the tomorrows we can envision."
Harold S. Kushner
"Memory can be painful, as everything that makes a human being more than an animal can be painful. Good memories deepen the poignancy of what we have lost. Bad memories keep the resentment alive when the occasion is long past. But memory is what ultimately gives us power over death, by keeping the person alive in our hearts. Memory is what gives us power over time, by keeping the past present so that it cannot fade and rob us of what we once held precious. And as far as we know, only human beings have that. In a sense, our time on earth is limited, but in another sense it is not. We not only have today; we have all the yesterdays we are capable of remembering and all the tomorrows we can envision."
Harold S. Kushner
