Forgetting Ideas

Ideas come to us, sometimes when we don't even realize it.  But when we do realize we have an idea, it is a true wonder.  It is amazing that we have created such a thing.  It is a little miracle.  But if we do not cement that idea somehow, we will forget it;; that little miracle is extinguished.

Forgetting an idea is a tragedy.  Nobody knows where one random idea may take you.  Forgetting that idea is taking away the possibility that anything could come of it.

Recording your thoughts is like hiding a present that you leave for you to find later.  You record your ideas when you do not have the time or energy to work on them.  If you put them all in one spot, or if you leave them in several spots, you can come back to them later, when you've long-forgotten what you had written in the first place, and be amazed at what you find.

Some of them may trigger memories.  Some may seem completely alien to you.  But know that they are all yours.  They are wondrous gifts that you have left for yourself.  They are ideas, put into cryogenic slumber, waiting indefinitely for whenever you would choose to revive them.

Don't let yourself forget ideas, even the dumb ones.  They're all tragedies.  Save your miracles for however long you can.  Some ideas ripen or mature.  Some never lose their freshness.  Some may go out of style, but later return.  They're all good.  Treat them as such.