Week 15 (Week 2 Prompt Revision)

"Those who forget history are forced to relive it, first as tragedy, then as farce."

There are people in this world who would just like to run away from certain things in their lives. Whether, it be a person, an event that significantly effected them, or a place that they want to get away from. There is usually motivation behind why they would want to forget and move on. People do not want to drag painful or regretful situations out. There first thought is to just remove themselves and try to forget, in order to move on from it.

When people choose to forget who they are or leave a part of their past behind sometimes they leave stones unturned and there are still some strings attached. Without closure, these events or people tend to catch up with the people who left them behind, almost like karma in a way. People usually end up facing what they left behind, whether it was a person or a tragedy they had moved on from. Especially if they did not have full closure. "Those who forget history are forced to relive it, first as a tragedy, then as a farce"; In other words, people who end up facing their past for whatever reason are first saddened, destroyed, or regretful by what memories it brings back to them. However, after they have revisited and come to terms with it, they learn from it and begin to overcome whatever it may be. They start to look at their past in a different light, as a positive rather than a negative. For example, I've made decisions in my past especially in relationships that I thought were so great and intelligent at the time. Then I woke up one day and things had changed and my feelings had changed and I no longer thought my decisions were the right ones. I was upset and annoyed at myself at first but I couldn't beat myself up about it so I learned to just shake it off and laugh about it. Your life changes as it goes on and a lot of the times your feelings change along with life. Just because your feelings down about something doesn't mean that it wont get better or you can't learn to live with it.

This is where the farce comes in. For example, if the event someone has chose to forget is embarrassing, they're ashamed or they regret it for a while, but not long after that they begin to get over it and learn to laugh at themselves. Over time one learns to live with their past and learn from the mistakes they have made. One way to make yourself come to terms with something is to find the positive int it, laugh about it, and forget the negativity and the bad feelings.

Reliving a part of your own personal history is kind of a way of finding oneself. Someone could go through all their life experiences and figure out how they've been affected and how they felt during certain situations. This would allow one to become more aware of the type of person they are, what they like and what they don't, how much they can handle before they break, etc. As stated before, once one is more familiar with who they are, the easier it is to look back on their history. They can look back and laugh and know that all those experiences were what made them who they are today.