the past was great fun

“nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.”
- andre gide

i saw the quote on the www and i have no idea who that andre guy is.

i don't particularly agree with the quote, since it seems to suggest that past happiness should be forgotten. i think that the past should never be forgotten, much less the happy moments.

however there's no point in thinking about it all the time. just know that it's there but don't pretend it didn't happen.

people often say they want to forget bad experiences and move on. i think a person can only move on when he accepts, rather than forgets the past, or else it would only come back to kick you in the ass when you least expect.

anyway if we could forget every bad experience, we would only remember about a quarter of our lives. the remaining three-quarters are forgotten bad memories. that's just sad.