Why write Memories?

We are really the first generation to be able to record our memories digitally. We have a myriad of memories supported by photographs and video.

So why write about my life? Have I done anything notable? Anything worthy of recording? Compared to Einstein and Galileo’s achievements my life’s achievements are like a grain of sand on a desert island. But I have learned one thing and that is I would have benefited greatly from knowing about my grandparents. If I had known about my grandparents I would have been forearmed with the knowledge of their triumphs and mistakes. Would I have repeated their mistakes? Who knows, but knowledge is power. My hope is that these stories will give my grandchildren knowledge and power.

One of the most perplexing and concerning parts of my life is the seemingly random occurrences of coincidences that have connections. I recently learned about Synchronicity while watching an episode of Criminal Minds. I heard the explanation and then googled the word and found a whole lot of information. Below is copied from a wiki.

SYNCHRONICITY is a concept first explained by psychiatrist Carl Jung, which holds that events are “meaningful coincidences” if they occur with no causal relationship, yet seem to be meaningfully related. During his career, Jung furnished several slightly different definitions of it.

The problem with synchronistic events is the amount of importance one attaches to the occurrence. Is the event an omen? If so is it a good omen or a bad omen? Should one act on the information from the event or not?

One morning I was discussing having our driveway repaired and within an hour there was a knock on the door and a man was offering to repair our driveway. I saw this as a positive omen. Nevertheless we did some due diligence. We got a list of addresses from the man of work he had done in the area. We checked out the information we had been given and were satisfied with the work. The man returned, we made a deal, gave him a deposit and that was the last we saw of the man and our money.

One thing that I would want to pass on to my children is; we always know when we have made a bad decision, but seldom know when we have made a good decision. Consequently we can only learn from our mistakes.

Precognition is a fancy word for “premonition”. The challenge with a precognitive event is what you do with the information. Since most of the world would disagree with precognition it would be hard to understand the overall effect of a precognitive experience. And yet I have had many. 

Am I alone? I know I’m not. But any discussion of precognitive events is usually viewed with skepticism, even by family and friends.