As humans, we're bound to somehow look into our history. Maybe for remembrance or a reminder, a good feeling, a lesson, a mistake or any other reason which could seem to draw us to our history. Even life and the world suggest to us how important history is. Much more, the accurate representation of it. History connects today's world and people with the past. The histories that relate to them.
Yes, our histories or past events sort of connect us to the present. As much as we would want to look into the future, considering or connecting with our history could be more beneficial, especially when there are lots of memories one can sit and just get lost in their thoughts. The memories are the beauty of such a moment, and these memories could be good or bad.
What if in some way this history could be accurately recorded and stored? Like, our history is captured and no memory of it would be lost, what would that mean to me? And perhaps the world at large? Would it be a route to take? I think these are important questions to consider concerning such a possibility.
History is important. A lot is contained in it either as lessons or memories. Lessons in the sense that it holds records of our mistakes, ups and downs, what took us to this point in life, the opportunities we gained or missed and the sort. Just imagine having all of these and perhaps playing it for your offspring to watch and learn. I know we can tell or advise them with words, but have we noticed the power of visual media on the young ones of today?
The other part is the delicate memories the past holds as our history. As mentioned earlier, history is very much important to a person, a lineage, a people or even a nation. Just imagine our history recorded and yet again, having it visually stored and played for us and the younger ones to watch. It would do a lot for us, I consider.
I think this is a path I would like to take. Having our history recorded and rewatched would ensure no aspect of our history gets missing or forgotten or insufficiently captured and narrated. Sometimes we try to relate history to the younger ones or we try to recall for ourselves for one reason or another, but we tend to forget some things. I think this would do the magic of avoiding that and holding every detail of the fabric of our history in place.
Recording our history would definitely take us on the path of the good and the bad. But then, we can find lessons even from the bad. This will highly impact our lives and to an extent those after us for the sake of lessons; to avoid making the same mistakes, missing out on some opportunities and so on, down to holding the delicate memories accurately. We shouldn't have to struggle to remember.
Well, it could be counted as worthy or not to record and rewatch our history. Perhaps for some reason of personal privacy, we might say not worthy, or anything that could make it something we wouldn't want to capture. But on the large scale, there's the possibility of a greater positive effect when such is recorded, and I've mentioned some. So, I guess it could be worth it for that sake and more.
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