If Memory Serves Me Correct

 

 

 

“If memory serves me correct”

Perhaps you said this at some time,

Something you wanted to recall

Was projected on your mind.

 

What a wonderful gift is memory

Especially, when it’s working well!

Without this storage facility

What would we be able to tell?

 

A huge difference from the animals

Is that they cannot tell,

You can probe them all day long

But they cannot tell whence they fell.

 

Though a memory they also have

Not a single experience can they relate

But humans can, and thank God they do,

This should put us in a better state.

 

 

Memory serves a dual purpose:

Namely, as a storage facility and recall

But in the animals, however clever,

Their storage facility is all.

 

Yes, they learn from their experiences

Because of their memory store

But other than adapting their behavior,

Animals can do little more.

 

Some animals can be highly trained

On account of their wonderful memory

But they cannot recount their training

Having only the storage facility.

 

 

The human memory is far superior

To that of the cleverest of animals,

And the proof of this fact is clearly shown

In an abundance of historic annals.

 

Had it not been for the humans

There would be no record of the animals

Since all that we know about them

Was documented by people.

 

Memory is a remarkable phenomenon

That speaks to the fact of a designer,

Just like the brilliant minds in our history

That created the remarkable computer.

 

 

With its hard drive memory for storage

And its random accessed memory for functionality,

We have a reasonable modular example

Of this Supreme Designer’s creativity.

 

We refer to Him as the Almighty God

Whom we worship and adore

And in His omnipotent and all wise ability

He has afforded us an open door.

 

Albeit, with limited and controlled access,

Humans are able to innovate,

Unlike the animals that from the beginning

Are unable to improve their state.

 

Memory has a deteriorating capacity

And its functionality wanes over time

But it is an astounding and remarkable facility

Especially when combined with the mind.

 

Stewart Russell © November 19, 2020