Aphorism #262 Be able to Forget.

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Aphorism #262 Be able to Forget.

It is more a matter of luck than of skill. The things we remember best are those better for-gotten. Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted. In painful things it is active, but neglectful in recalling the pleasurable. Very often the only remedy for the ill is to forget it, and all we forget is the remedy. Nevertheless one should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno. The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HLTRzG8nbo2oci17JIiy547KM9E/0/di (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HLTRzG8nbo2oci17JIiy547KM9E/0/da)
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Interesting aphorism in the sense that it links forgetting with memory.
Although I have to object to the fact that it is suggesting that the things that we ought to forget are the ones we remember the most.
I tend to dwell/remember the best things and move on from the not so good ones that way.
I think it is a personal thing what we retain and what we do not.
I personally find easier to let go of what is not good for me in terms of experiences/memories/past.
This is a process I find most important and natural to me because the more I let go of 'unwanted baggage' the more I retain the best and the more I manage to get and surround myself with the best.
So it is psychological what you do with your memory.
Those who chose to dwell on negativity will surround themselves with negative and thos who are easliy charmed into happy thoughts are those who will attract happy.
This is how I see it.

Any reason why forgotten is spelt for-gotten?
Thanks!