Memory is defined as the faculty of acquiring, storing, retaining and retrieving information and can be sensory, short or long term.
Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. Stanislas de Boufflers Sensory memory is transitory lasting seconds however it can trigger the memory of a moment.
Happiness is health and a short memory! Audrey Hepburn Freud referred to short term memory as the conscious mind paying attention to the here and now.
The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal. Cicero. Long term memories lie outside of our awareness in the realm of the pre and unconscious, recalled when needed.
As we age selective memory loss may lead to dementia. There is no coincidence that an accurate test for dementia is simply drawing a clock face. We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams. Jeremy Irons
The longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it. Stevie wonder
Let’s use music as our Tardis to remember The Way We Were by Barbara Streisand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifWOSnoCS0M