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A note is a reminder… originally uploaded by infomaniac on 9 Sep ‘06, 11.52am CEST PST.

A note is a reminder. It can remind you of things long forgotten, it can capture moments of your memory, it can preserve feelings.

Our minds are made this way. Our memory works like this.

We generally tend to forget the bad moments of our life, the evil feelings we had. The sadness and the sorrow, the pity we feel for others - or for ourselves.

Our brain stores information in a form of networked way. Our feelings, thoughts and experiences are stored in some kind of network-pattern.

When we forget, and we will, we lose the connection to that specific pattern of that exact moment we just forgot.

A note. A note is a connection to such a pattern. Reading a note activates a pattern in your brain. This pattern has a lot of similarities with the memory-pattern you’ve already have - or have lost.

It provides a hook, an entry point, a refreshment of that pattern. It allows you to remember your own feelings from that time, revive your own experiences in your head and alas, you can recall everything.

Now this pattern thing is the key part. Scientist don’t really know yet, what it’s up to. Some of those patterns are lost forever when they are forgotten, others are like burnt into your brain cells and you’ll never ever really forget them - only that important hook that allows you to recall that very special moment.

So, if you encounter something special, take some time and spend a moment to take a note. Once, in a while, you might be glad you then invested a couple of minutes to take a note, providing a hook to a mind-blowing trip to the past.