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title: "Me and My Dad"
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date: "2020-12-19"
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- Old Blog
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It is a pretty special thing to be able to think back on your time with a person and to have no negative memories of them whatsoever come to mind. In fact, some would say that this is an impossible feat; something which cannot possibly be done by any functioning person.
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My dad was living proof that this is not the case.
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From my perspective, experiences of a person can be built around the feelings between you and the person which manifest themselves into positive and negative experiences. The end result of this philosophy is that, if a person always has your best interests at heart, even experiences which appear to be negative are in fact positivity in disguise.
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This outlook on interactions between people applies wonders to the relation between me and my dad. Although we, undoubtedly, had disagreements, moments of tension or even moments of outright anger - none of these experiences were ever motivated by anything other than my dad's love for me and the rest of the family.
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Ever since his death, I have looked back on my dad's life with new eyes. And, these new eyes caused me to see him in a very different way. As, although many negative memories of him turned positive, absolutely no positive memories of him turned to negative. Initial negative feelings are now seen with a bigger picture, revealing his true motivations of love and care.
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Although I will never speak to him again, my dad will always be there, confined in the newly remastered positive memories of him within all of us. And, if anything is a sign of a great human being, a great dad and a great person in general, it is that they can be looked back upon with pure positivity.
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