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Originally Posted by Turtle
In my old age, memories leave my outlook cynical. As you know Doc, memories is all we humans have to judge anything by in our time no matter long or short.   Cue your equation if you have not forgot it.  |
Well, I have to admit that I and my wife are also quite cynical when it comes to what we know of the world; however, we are also quite happy with our own lives and where we have arrived (by dint of our reasoned responses to our circumstances). In fact, both of us often say that, given the opportunity to change any of our decisions, we would not do so because such a change might have led us to circumstance different than where we find ourselves. I commented to my wife tonight that “star crossed lovers” must feel the same about the issue or they are not “star crossed lovers”. She laughed and said I was right on the money. By the way, I think we are “star crossed lovers”.
What I am really talking about here are those movies where the characters make stupid decisions which lead to unhappy results. Neither of us have any interest in watching such movies. Movies are supposed to be entertainment and we like to be entertained. We both like nice endings much more than unhappy results. What I was really trying to bring up is the issue of happiness itself. Do happy people have a tendency to forget unhappy events? I am certainly convinced that we do. If that is actually all it takes to be happy; it is a very profound statement about the lives of happy people.
I was just looking for a little discussion of the idea because I am a very curious person. My equation certainly doesn't require one to forget unhappy experiences.
Have fun -- Dick
PS Perhaps I misstated the title. I should have said, Does your outlook influence what you remember?
