If you were on twitter late yesterday you might have noticed a trending topic was #iwillneverforget. By the end of the day on August 4, 2009 over 24,000 people had mentioned #iwillneverforget in their tweets.

I’ve heard that our memories tell us more about who we are now than who we were in the past.  Saying that you will never forget a certain period of time, person or event is essentially saying you hope some of who you are now will live on as we roll into the future.  Never changing seems like immortality (and thus, appealing)…but living, by definition, is change. Right?

This is why I think the #iwillneverforget project on twitter is killin’ it. Drop your memories online like seeds to be watered by other people’s responses.  Don’t delay in posting your tweet with #iwillneverforget.  A new trending topic will surely overtake it very soon and make #iwillneverforget into a distant memory itself.

Here are a few examples I grabbed:

JillLegacy #iwillneverforget my first celebrity crush: bobby brown. i didn’t say it was a good one

rockstarahead #iwillneverforget the day when columbia shuttlle get caught in a crash .

fraaankyT #iwillneverforget what i once was, and what i have become today

SssuperB #iwillneverforget all of the amazing friends I’ve made over the past few years. Whether we talk or not, you’re still in my heart.

JennGurule #iwillneverforget the day I met my biological mom. I love her dearly.

jennifercupcake #iwillneverforget that night at the park when you said you wanted to be just friends, after i told you why i never open up to people

billy_daKidd #iwillneverforget when i was still a kidd so sad i am a teen

LadyLove88 #iwillneverforget watching “7th heaven” every monday night..