We don't create memories, memories create us

Whatever we are today, whatever is our identity, our personality is all the impact of our past memories. Whether we are happy or we are sad it's all because of our past memory. It is not necessary that memories should be only good without any pain and suffering. There should be some bad experience too which will give us an important life lesson. We can never create memories because who we are today we may not be the same after some years. And it may be because of this experience that i will use at that time to share and it will be totally different from my today's opinion.  But what is selected as the personal memory also needs to fit  the current idea that we have of ourselves. Let's suppose you have always been very kind person but after a very distressing experience you have developed a strong aggressive nature that's now suits you. Not only has your behaviour changed your personal narrative has to. If you are now ask to describe yourself, you might include past even...