the instant of seeing

Memory is such a reliable friend, yet when it comes to the matters of love, memory can be rather capricious. For instance, many pleasurable memories that one intends to remember are somehow distorted or completely forgotten. On the other hand, many despairing memories not worth remembering are still vivid in one's mind. Additionally, when remembering a pleasurable moment in one's life, it is not the moment itself that is being remembered but rather the last time it was remembered. In other words, by the time one remembers that specific moment again it has already been distorted by our present surroundings. This memory can even be said to be an invented memory since it is not longer the same.