"Everybody Loves Raymond" is one of my favorite shows. Its one of those shows which I can watch anytime and any number of times ( and there are some episodes I have watched like 7 or 8 times).. The show is about this dysfunctional family with an overbearing mother ( Marie), smart alecky uninhibited father (Frank), an insecure competitive elder son (Robert), the whiny favorite younger son (Raymond) and his spunky wife (Debra). The thing I love about the show is that its a family that can laugh at itself and most of us can see glimpses of ourselves or someone we know in the characters. Heres a link to its Wikipedia description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_Raymond
In the episode about Robert's wedding Marie almost sabotages the wedding (by asking Robert if hes getting married for love..yes right in the middle of the wedding). Raymond then tries to put things in perspective in his toast to the couple (a particularly well written dialog). He says " Editing..The key is editing and keeping the good ones (pictures in this case). We will take only certain pictures from the photographer, only the good (happy) pictures. Basically, you will remember what you want to from this day...."
As I watched the episode for the umpteenth time today I realized that most of us " Keep the good ones". In my case when I reminisce of my time in Cincy I think of all the good times like the friday night movie, 2am discussions and hanging out with my friends. I don't think of the cold winter night when my bedroom window got stuck open. When I think of my undergrad I think of the good times, sitting on the katta (stone slab) at Worli Seaface. I don't think of the "Viva" we all thought we would flunk. I guess its not that we forget the bad incidents/memories, but that we probably subconsciously choose to associate the good ones with certain phases or places in our life. Or as "Raymond" said " We remember what we want to".
These good ones are the ones which bring a smile to our face when we think of a certain place or phase on some random day. Well this post is dedicated to my friends and family who helped me create my "good ones". Thanks guys :)
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2 comments:
Of course u r welcome Vids. And since every scenario with me is happy for you, you are double-welcome. :D
In a serious note, it's true. We are keepers and optimistic. Why would we wanna ruin the memory of something by thinking of the bad aspects? I think unless something was absolutely terrible, we retain the good stuff.
Don't be too sure abt every scenario with u being Happy :P.
I agree and its encouraging to think we are optimists at the core. I know logically it make sense but the key is that the whole screening is subconscious. And thats wat is amazing. Also we probably try never reminisce abt terrible times.
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