Perspective sharing…
Elbert Hubbard,businessman, artist, writer, and philosopher of the early 1900s, wrote,”A retentive memory my be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.” A 75-year-old friend of mine recently asked, “How can we be expected to remember everything when our minds are so packed with knowledge?” How, indeed. I manage to remember both these bits of wisdom when my mind totters, grappling for a word or a fact or a name I have always known. It’s a more soothing sop than senility.Besides, there are advantages to”forgetting” in my ’80s.
I can forget names of people I never wanted to know in the first place. I can forget to wash my hair often because what’s left needs the oil. I can forget about understanding teenagers because I know they will grow up to be as dumb as they think I am now. I can forget…
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July 10, 2015 at 15:33
Thank you for reblogging.
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July 10, 2015 at 16:03
You post came at the right time. Thanks for sharing.
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July 10, 2015 at 16:40
You are so welcome. I hope it helped you.
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