Hello, this is Ditto.

We are afraid of forgetting. We take notes and snap pictures to hold onto the past, fearing we might let important memories slip away. But what if, conversely, our brains remembered every single past humiliation, sorrow, shame, and pain without missing a single detail?

In Untimely Meditations, Friedrich Nietzsche emphasizes the greatness of forgetting. "Without forgetting, there can be no happiness, no hope, no present. Only those who can forget the past can become true creators."

Forgetting is neither a loss nor a decline. It is a welcome process of emptying the overflowing warehouse of the mind to make room for tomorrow's new joys. Even a bitter hatred toward someone, or the heart-rending pain of a farewell, slowly fades away in the forgetfulness of time. That is why we are able to greet the morning and smile once again.

Forgetting is the most merciful eraser God has granted humanity. Without this eraser, our souls would have suffocated, crushed beneath the massive boulder called the past.

Are you perhaps clinging to the heavy dust of memories, clouding over the clear day that is today?

[Today's Poem]

A Bird Does Not Look Back While Flying / Ryu Shiva

There are times when I loathe Writing poetry, And moreover, looking back at myself. Like a bird that has suddenly flown away, There are times when I do not look back. (...) A bird does not look back while flying. A bird that looks back is a dead bird. All the past, whether good or bad, Is nothing but a stone tied to its wings. A bird flying solely toward the present Does not look back.

I hope you do not feel too sad about the things being forgotten. For in the very empty space where the old past has disappeared, tomorrow's new sun will rise. May you sleep peacefully in the freeing blessing that forgetting brings.

This was Ditto.