eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

"i already forgot how i used to feel about you"

that's the tagline to this movie.

sometimes i feel like i need something like this to get rid of painful memories, of things that i think about too often, but can't change.

basically, the premise of the movie is that this girl Clementine, erases all memories of her old boyfriend Joel, who, when he realizes what she's done, opts to do the same.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) for Joel, as he goes through the procedure of erasing his memories of Clementine, he realizes how much he truly loves her and how he doesn't want to forget her.

I know that memories are there to remind us of good times and bad, to learn and to grow.

But sometimes, I think that Clementine had the right idea.

It's easier to get over someone or something if you have no memories of them in the first place, because you have nothing to look back on, nothing to reminisce about.

You don't know what you're missing out on.

At the same time though, I don't know if it would be worth it to lose those memories, despite the pain they bring.

"change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable."