We all have memories, both bad and good. If not for those memories captured through books, we would never get back to them as vividly as possible.
Memories are one of the most vital things humanity can cherish throughout their lives. They build up one’s personality as all a person’s knowledge and previous experiences are stored there. Memories can be both bad and good. There are memories either from the recent past or from long ago. In our vital times, we may get some refreshments by memory recollections. Memories help us in so many ways. It can run our lives smoothly, and it can rectify our mistakes from the past. All of us cherish childhood memories as they can make us smile even in our old age.
Reminiscing our childhood memories could also be memorable when we have written our history of ourselves. The question now is this,
How can I write history about myself?
This is a question with a simple way to answer it. Someone who wishes to write their history is private because they don’t know if someone else will read it. Registering your history requires a simple tool, one that is famous by Anne Frank, and it is free to express your feelings, thoughts, and ideas in a diary.
Diary is a straightforward but powerful tool. All you have to do is write on it daily and keep it. Then, writing a diary will influence others in the future. Not only will you read the journal, but others in the future will also read it. And for the future, people will start to think about how things were when the diary was written. A journal, as simple as it is to write your thoughts, feelings, and ideas in it, can also be a trip to the past for future generations.
Besides the diaries, books are also helpful in providing information about what happened in the past. Our history is rich only when captured, just like how you have written your diary. Here are some of the books that help us be able to take a glimpse of our past.
Lena Mukhina’s The Diary of Lena Mukhina. In Leningrad of May 1941, Lena Mukhina was a typical teenage girl. Her only worries were about the boy she liked (Vova) and her homework. Then, June 22, 1941, came, and Hitler broke his pact with Stalin and declared the Soviet Union war. Quickly, Leningrad was besieged, and life became a living hell. Every day, Lena records her experiences:
- The desperate hunt for food.
- The bitter cold of the Russian winter.
- The cruel deaths of those she loved.
The Diaries of Nella Last by Patricia and Robert Malcolmson. The book captured the everyday horrors and trials of wartime in Britain and the nation’s transition into peacetime moving forward. Nella’s humorous and often touching chronicles provide an invaluable historical portrait of everyday life for typical people in the 1940s and 1950s.
Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank confided in her diary on April 5, 1944, “Will I ever become a writer or a journalist? I hope so, I hope so very much…” Her wish did come true, but she never knew that. Anne died in March 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She was 15 years of age.
This is possibly the most famous diary ever written; Anne’s tragic and inspiring account of her family’s flight during the 2-years occupation and hiding in a warehouse in Amsterdam has enthralled readers for generations.
Conversations With Myself by Nelson Mandela. A moving collection of Nelson Mandela’s diary entries, letters, and other writing offer a rare chance to see the man behind one of the most iconic and inspiring figures of our age. An intimate journey from the very first stirrings of his political conscience to his startling role on the world stage. His journey encompasses the anti-apartheid struggles of the early 1960s and his being a prisoner for 27 years. His story is one of the world’s most beloved public figures: direct, clear, and private.
Those Were The Days by Kenny Harmon. History of TV, music & movies of the 1950s & 1960s, the history of the war in the Pacific, the Vietnam and Korean Wars, the history of drag racing, the history of the NFL, the history of Jim Thorpe 1 of the greatest athletes, the story of my great grandfather being an outlaw in Missouri during the 1880s & numerous excellent photos!
The book is a great companion to Kenny Harmon’s two other books- The Early Years and Sad Papaw’s Heritage. Readers will not only have a glimpse of America’s history but also its culture and values that have shaped the men and women of Harmon’s generation.
In Closing
We should all treasure our childhood memories as they can always serve as companions and our so-called solitude bliss. Simple things hold more profound connotations from their childhood days, as the days were full of innocence and free of complexities. Hence, they are so close to heart.
Every one of us has childhood memories in our life, which are notable for everyone. When we recall our childhood memories, there are stories. Childhood is unique for everyone. Our childhood memories have shaped us into the person we are today. There are many different childhood memories that we can remember that made an impact on how our personality is today. Some memories make us happy, but others make us grow up.
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