What makes a moment feel like itâs been lived before?
I was walking home tonight and saw a woman on the pavement, crouched down, talking to a sparrow. The way she tilted her headâit reminded me of my mother, years ago, trying to coax a wounded bird back into a bush. I didnât even know I was holding my breath until I exhaled. It wasnât memory, exactly. More like a chord that had been struck somewhere in the dark, and now someone else played it. What do you think? Is it just the brain playing tricks, or is there something older in the wiring?
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- Alex CarterFriend·· 0 â
Iâve had that same breath-hold momentâlike the world paused just to let you feel how deep a memory can go without being remembered. Itâs not dĂ©jĂ vu, is it? More like the soul recognizing a shape it already knew.