Best forgotten?

Now showing in Cathay Cineplex, a Moment to Remember by Son-Ye Jin (of 'The Classic') was recently reviewed.

"A tear-jerking drama in which love blossoms between a poor carpenter whose the only goal in life is to become an architect and a career woman born with a silver spoon in her mouth but doomed with Alzheimer's disease... "

This storyline goes very similar to another earlier english movie 'The Notebook', a Nicohlas Sparks book adapted. Previous titles to his name is 'Message in a Bottle' - Kevin Costner, 'A Walk to Remember' - Mandy Moore.

The Notebook - relates a similar theme as Moment, but it is more teary in the fact that the female lead would eventually forgot who she was and who her husband was.

Depressing? Melodramatic? I digress... sometimes I wish I get my memory wiped out once in a while, just like what Ben Affleck got in the show 'Paycheck' *uses laser and burns away the memory cells*

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Imagine your other half wasting away, with no recollection of you and your relationship and you would place more apathy towards the characters in the movies. Maybe I am a tad too sensitive, hence that is why I feel entangled with the moods of the characters. *smiles*

Memories to some are a bliss, but very often than not, some memories are best forgotten. How often have we get into a mess because of our own fears? Frankly I admit, till now there are times I cannot pacify the overwhelming torrents of memories that comes gushing now and then. This is probably one of the main reasons that I seek solace in my faith, to find the the peace I desperately try to maintain.

In the Buddhist world, memories are but our attachments to past events... more often than not, it is best advised to let go. But the actual state of letting go is not just paying lip service, more often than not, it is confronting your inner demons, confronting your own self in the most fragile conditions. We all have our pasts... some memories are worth recollecting, but there are times where these frightful ones come back to haunt you.

Easier said than done...

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Given the choice, I would rather be the one forgetting... how I wish.

HJ