Moments to Remember

The significant moments we remember are personal, tribal, national, and international.

I was returning to a Russian History seminar following a coffee break. I remember hearing the campus bells ringing. When I asked a passing student why the bells were ringing, she told me that President Kennedy had been shot.

What do I remember? What do we remember? Jung and others explored the range of human memory. Do we all remember everything since the beginning of our kind? And is each of us is deeply influenced by these personal and common memories?

What are the most important memories in human history? Genetic science suggests that we may all be descendants of a common mother. Because we are obsessed with differences. Because this obsession with differences threatens the future of civilization, it is practical for us to discover and remember our common ground.

Remember the bad. Remember the good.