I don't think forgetting is an important feature of human memory. I think it's important to be able to remember things accurately.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To my mind, forgetting is a risky strategy for living. Memory is essential to us. It is DNA. We need to remember, and we need to imagine. That's why we have books, writing, fiction.
This kind of forgetting does not erase memory, it lays the emotion surrounding the memory to rest.
When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.
Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.
We've forgotten how to remember, and just as importantly, we've forgotten how to pay attention. So, instead of using your smartphone to jot down crucial notes, or Googling an elusive fact, use every opportunity to practice your memory skills. Memory is a muscle, to be exercised and improved.
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you - and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!
Memory is the thing you forget with.
I've a grand memory for forgetting.
The problem of forgetting might not torment us so much if we could only convince ourselves that remembering isn't important. Perhaps the things we learn - words, dates, formulas, historical and biographical details - don't really matter. Facts can be looked up. That's what the Internet is for.