The Importance of Forgetting

I'm not sure what this means. I heard it on NPR and it sounded cool. Profound even.

There is so much emphasis on remembering stuff; of being pulled together and on top of things. Remembering the past. Remembering important dates. Remembering to take our the garbage on garbage day (nearly impossible). Remembering to move the car on alternate parking day (sooo important). Remembering what someone said. Or didn't say. Remembering some obscure thing that at one point or another may be important.

Me, I forget pretty much everything. But I can hold a grudge forever - and that is something that is probably worth forgetting.