Countless movies and stories have been made on the concept of time travel. We look at time as this linear progression, ageing, decision making and experiencing things for the first time. Time in itself is something we describe as a thing that happens, and so we should be able to go backwards, right? In a scientific sense, we seem to be limited by the speed of light, which appears to not allow us to do this – but let’s let our mind wander. Maybe through a black hole or through some incredible machine that mankind will be able to make.
What would you do if you could go back? You might want to change a decision you made. You might want to have that experience all over again. Or it might be simply that you want to just pass the time in a holiday sort of fashion. Well, it won’t really work because we are not wired to hit replay this way. Can you imagine having the best moment of your life replayed again and again?
You see too much of a good thing becomes meaningless afterwards. You start taking things for granted. What’s worse, you might lose yourself because what you enjoy starts to haunt you. Hang on maybe you wanted to spend more time with someone… All that builds is a memory, which is what you already have. Things come and go, it is what life is about. Something you lost gives you a chance to value something else in the future, or educate someone else about it.
It’s best to consider letting the memory be that beautiful piece of you. Something that created you – your life, your likes and dislikes. An imprint no one can replace, or revisit and rewrite.