They say a child doesn't truly begin creating memories until about 4 years old. Before we even have memories, we're already observing. And maybe the first thing a child ever observes isn't a face or a place. It's a feeling. π»ππ πππππππ ππ πππππ πππππ . That's where the true memories begin!
We also say things like 'if you have a traumatized childhood, then you have forgotten half of your memories.' Kinda true. But not really.
Maybe it's less about forgetting and more about which parts got stored the loudest. Once the recording begins, it will never end.
Since then, it is all memories. Good and bad ones. Some of the smallest things leave the biggest mark. It may be as simple as your favorite toy on your birthday. Or someone becoming your favorite person for no reason. You just got attached. No conditions. No math. Just pure love, and nothing else.
Not all memories are kind, though. And a bad memory works differently. Maybe it's never getting the attention you needed. Never feeling that same intensity of love. Or being abandoned. Such things don't pass through. They get saved quietly, building a lifelong impact you won't even notice until much later.
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There is no such thing as a perfect or an ideal childhood. It's the ratio that tells the story. There is, however, one thing that nothing can take from you, either good or bad, your choice of what you do with it.
Your experiences are yours. Your memories are yours. No one can change that. But the actions you deliver? That's all up to you. Not on what happened to you.
That truly is art. Turning your bad experiences into something you'll be remembered forβfor the right reasons. the right reasons. So instead of repeating it, break the pattern. That's not erasing the lifelong impact, that's rewriting it.