Do we forget the bad more easily than the good? Or does it depend on whether we generally believe the glass to be half full or half empty? And if we prefer to forget the bad, is that what nature wants from us, or is it a trick and are we just pretending? Or, much worse, have we reached a point where we fear the future and glorify the past? Like certain politicians who protect the status quo at all costs and live backwards, always with one foot in an embellished yesterday? They are a good example of how we forget the bad in the good old days because “then” we were young or younger and thought the world belonged to us. But now that it has been ours for so long, we need to focus on what needs to be done to pass it on in as good a condition as possible. Not like then, like now. Ironically, in this, we must also largely ignore the bad in order to concentrate on the good.
Much light to you during the dark season!
Susanne G. Seiler
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
William Carlos William