Sometimes I have what seem like totally random memories pop into my head. Most of the time they have no significance on my life, and there's really no reason that I should remember them. An example of this could be simply driving along and suddenly remembering riding the bus to school in kindergarden.
Having the analytical mind that I do, the question always arises for me - why did I just remember that? A really good example of this was about a year ago while I was at work one night. I was working on a report at my computer, and I was suddenly very sad, but had no idea why. I stopped for a bit to look at everything around me and figured it out. At that time I had the Cheers theme song playing on my computer. After some thought, I remembered that when I was very little my mom used to bowl on Thursday nights. Thursday nights Cheers was on TV, and Dad must have been watching it close to the time that Mom would leave, which made me sad. To this day, I get a sad feeling every time I hear the song because of that.
Think about that the next time you have a "random" memory pop into your head. It could be a song, a smell, an exact place, a word, anything. I bet you it's not random at all.
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