Being Haunted

We all have have memories we would give anything to relive again and again. But what about the ones we wish we could erase from our mind? They say everything happens for a reason, and i try and believe that to get me through times that aren't explainable, but...is it true? About everything?

We have days where the past pops up in our mind, and we try and ignore it, but don't we have to face our ghosts? Does it make us stronger people by not being conquered by these thoughts? If we "overcome" them? Or are we just being weaker by our version of "overcoming" is ignoring them?

I guess some things are just swept under a rug, whether they're secrets we keep deep down inside and never share them with anyone, or if we share them once, just to "share the burden" of them and we never speak of them again.

My mind is going a million miles a minute today. If bad things happen to make us stronger, how much stronger can good people get?....

"Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. "

~Michel de Montaigne