This past reading assignment was "Excerpts from My Life" written by Annie Iserhoff. Within the first paragraph Iserhoff begins talking about the past and how the bad things are what come to mind first rather than the good. She explains how the bad memories, "memories that caused me to feel intimidated or insecure" (Iserhoff) are the ones that overpower anything else. While reading that opening paragraph I began wondering about my past and whether I remember the good over the bad or the bad over the good. After a second of thinking I mainly remembered the good, of course some bad but overall good. Why is it that some people remember the bad over the good, why would anyone want to remember bad things that went on during one's past?So, here's a question for all of us to think about, when we are asked to recall memories from our past, do good memories or bad memories come to mind? Tell a memory wether good or bad that comes to mind and explain why this comes to your mind over something else. Is it because it shaped who you are today and/or is it because it was the happiest moment of your life?
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When i am asked to recall memories i usually think of good memories not bad. More specifically my good memories of something usually make me laugh. One memory that comes to mind is going on family vacation to Hilton Head. I enjoy spending time with my family and my cousins which are all my age. I always look forward to spending time with my family. I would much rather remember good times than look back on bad memories. I try to learn from bad experiences but after i learn from them, i often like to forget about them.
When i think of old memories a fllod of emotions and sights fill my mind. Some of them good and some of them bad. One very vivid memory that comes to mind was when i tore my acl. It was during one of my club soccers state cup games and it was raining that day. I had just came out of a tackle and i slipped and twisted my leg. I had fallen right in front of the opposing teams coach and i was bawling my eyes out. I laid on the ground for almost two minutes which in soccer is along time for and injured player to be on the ground because usually the opposing team kicks the ball out of bounds as a cortosy, well he did not tell his players to do this and they eneded up scoring! My coach had to carry me off of the field it was the worst pain i have ever felt in my life! I was upset and mad and sad and just an emotional wreck. All of those feelings seem to flood me when i recall the incident. It is one moment in my life that i will never forget.
When I think of memories I always think of good before bad. The good ones always make me happy and in a better mood. They make me realize that without them I would not be who I am today. When I think of them the first thing that comes to mind is spending time with family and friends, whether it be vacations, family dinners, going out on friday nights, or just hangin out. There is always a memory for something. I can hardly imagine having mor bad memories than good, it would make me so depressed all the time, and I'd feel like I could never cheer up or be happy again. So whenever I do have, or get a bad memory I always put it behind me and forget it.
When it comes to recalling my memories, the first kind them come to mind are the good ones. I have one memory that comes to mind very often and sometimes in my dreams. I am about 5 years old and I was swinging on the tire swing with my brother. I saw my dad walk out the front door of our house to come and play. I remember how excited I was that he was going to play with me. This seems like such a simple memory but for some reason it had stuck with me for a long time. I think I recall this memory over many other bad or good memories because it is so simple but it made me so happy. For the most part I only remember the good memories unless i am reminded of a bad one.
Good memories come to mind first for me. One memory that I remember very clear is when I was in second grade. For kindergarten and second grade I had the same teacher and I thought she was awesome. when second grade came around I had to get a new teacher. One of my friends and I decided that we would help the first grade teacher that we liked so much during our recess. Every recess we would go down to the first grade room and help her make crafts for the younger kids or do whatever she needed done. I think I remember this memory so well because I now no longer talk to that friend. I moved in the middle of the second grade and I haven't talked to her since. I thought that we would be life long friends but we weren't. this memory shows how friends can disappear.
When I look back on memories from my past almost all of them are good. I had a great childhood and wounderful parents. When I look back on my best memories, there always with my family around the holidays. My most vivid, and oldest memories are of christmas at my house. All my cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents would come for christmas eve. My dad always dressed up as santa. Even thought my brother and i new it was him, we would go along with it because it made him so happy. At night once all our visitors left, i remember lying awake in bed unable to sleep. My mom would say,"if you dont go to sleep soon santa wont come." I would some how instantly fall asleep. Mornings,were always the best. My brother and i would wake up so early. I just remember how excited we were and how close my family would come together for the holidays. Now that were older, we usually go on vacation for Christmas. Its fun but it dosnt compare to the past. I will never forget how christmas use to be and how happy it made my family.
When I think about memories I tend to think about the good. I do however have times that I think about bad memories just because they are sometimes a big part of my life that I want to forget but I can't. One of my most missed memories right now is just high school, and being close to all the friends i had then. I think about this memory all the time and I just get happy whenever I do!
When I think of memories from my past, I mainly remember good ones. Of course, like anyone else I do remember some of the bad memories.One bad memory that always comes to my mind is me breaking my bones. As a kid, I broke my elbow three times, my wrist once, my ankle once, and broke a few fingers and toes. This memory affects me to this day because my injuries hold me back from doing certain things. After breaking my elbow three times, it bends in a wierd, ackward way. I had to give up my favorite sport gymnastics because I was unable to perform well. After watching the olympics, I think about my injury to this day and how it saddens me that I cannot do the sport that I love. Though I do love the person I have become, I am saddened that I am unable to do one of the activities I cared so much about.
I think some people think of bad memories over good memories because sometime the bad ones over shadow the good ones because they were so much worse. Sometimes it is hard to get rid of bad memories you just have to try to think of good ones that will help push out the bad memories. When I think of memories I think of when I was little and all my family was still living in the same house before any of my older sisters left for college. These are some of my favorite memories because my family is all together living under the same roof. I havent had that in a while and I miss it.
When I am asked to recall memories from the past i think of good ones. I don't many bad memories from my childhood except for deaths in the family, but i rarely think about those. The ones I do think about are family vacations and holidays with my family. Every spring break my family goes somewhere different and all of the vacations are stuck in my head. My family also goes to NYC every year and that always comes to mind as well. I am glad that when I am asked to think of memories from my childhood, I think of positive ones rather than negative ones.
When I am asked to reacall memories I usually recall the good ones and not the bad. I try to block out bd memories, though it is very hard to do. I very vivid memory for me was the day I signed my national letter of intent to play baseball in college, this day was like a dream come true to me.
Everyone in their lives have good memories and bad memories. I seem to remember many good memories rather than the bad ones. It is easy to remember the good memories because they are things you want to remember. However, when bad memories are remembered,you seem to think about them even more. One of my best memories was when i made the game winning free throw against Springboro my junior year. It is something that will stick with me for the rest of my life.
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