The Pendulum
One of the stranger things that I have had to deal with over the past few years has involved the issue of memory. To explain the bigger picture briefly; my memory skills are not exactly fantastic. It’s weird because I can remember certain things that go back to when I was a very young kid, but I have a difficult time remembering what I did just a few days ago. I always have to ask my wife about certain events in our lives because I’m not good at mental recall and she is. As a result of this, my thinking process doesn’t often involve going back to another time mentally when dealing with present-day events. You would think that this problem has to do with the aging process but no, I’ve pretty much been this way since I was a kid. It’s been a lifelong issue for me but at least it’s not senility, right? At this moment I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night. Yeah… Anyway, back to the issue concerning my memory over the past few years. There are times when I cannot get myself to l...