Memories

Soft nostalgic music, rain pitter-pattering outside, a steaming cup of coffee and an old photo album. That is all that one needs to bring back one's entire past into the present. Life goes on, time goes on. We can never go back to relive the moments that have gone by. Life is always full of good moments and bad moments. All you need is one rainy night and every single one of those moments come flooding back to your mind and tear up your eyes.
Whether it be the glowing toothless face of your baby brother staring innocently back at you, or your mischievous face shyly smiling back having been caught in the deed, a photograph of you dressed up for your first day at school or that day at the beach when your sister and you just could not stop laughing. They may seem insignificant and just about as regular as every other moment in your life but when you sit down and look back, that very insignificant moment may be all that you need to make your day. The whispered conversation about boys at school, the hushed hiding before you pop out and yell "Surprise!!!" at your friend's birthday party, the expression on your parents' face when they receive you at the airport when you go home for the holidays, the smile on your brother's face when you get him a surprise present that he actually likes, the twinkle in your mother's eyes when she played with your baby pet hamsters, the pride in your father's walk when you topped your class...these may not even be present in the form of photographs but they are forever engraved on your heart, etches that can never be wiped away.
Life may not treat you well. You may lose friends, you may not always win the game, but no matter how difficult life is, the only thing you need to get through is a bunch of old photographs and a big enough heart which can be painted with all your memories.
So, stop reading, and start living...