Memory

Memory is a funny thing. We all have it. We all need it. Imagine life without it, you would never remember yesterday, a week ago, or even 10 years ago. You wouldn't even know what you did a second ago. We would never know ourselves or learn from our mistakes, anything we learned within the past five seconds would be forgotten. Memory is what makes us who we are; family heritage, tradition and heirlooms would never be passed down to descendants. Relationships with people we've known for a lifetime would never be made or remembered. History might constantly repeat itself...or would it...since we don't remember what happened 5 seconds ago. Having memory helps us remember mistakes we've made that can help us become a better person. It also helps us remember things that make us happy or sad so that we will remember them when they happen again and we will recognize it. 
Mnemosyne was the Greek goddess of memory. She is one of the most important goddesses in Greek mythology, ironically she is also one of the most forgotten. One of the most important things that she is remembered for is being the mother of the Muses. Moneta was her Roman equivalent. She is not only the goddess of remembering who you are but also the goddess of remembering what the world is, where you are, and the memory of knowing the past.

-"Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."