Bag of potatoes

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One day, a student asked his Master, " Sir, it is difficult to forgive and forget those who have wronged me, because they keep coming back to huant me." The master said to the student, "Whenever you cannot forget an incident that someone has hurt you before, you put a potato into ur haversack."The student agreed affirmatively.

3 months later, his load of potatoes got heavier and heavier. He got more frustrated and tired. Eventually, he even hurt his back. He asked the master again, "What can i learn from carrying all these potatoes? Now i'm no different from a dead man. I'll never forgive what u have made me done" With that, another potato was added and he broke his neck and died.

"You stupid fool." the master thought to himself.
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Well, i'm sure all my friends are all quick enough to catch that. :)

in case some didn't, the moral of the story was that when you are able to leave everything behind and move forward, you will not be burdened by the past. well, more specifically, the not-so-welcomed past.

I've moved back home. :) and i'm glad that i've managed to throw away things which i have kept til now. things i should have thrown earlier since they don't matter now. the memories are still there, though not very vivid... but the physical stuff are gone. together with the emotional burden i guess.

and talk about forgive and forget... i think most pp forgive...but nvr forget. it may not be a bad thing afterall. not forgetting is not the same as bearing a grudge. sometimes, the memory is just there. cached in the mind. waiting to be uncovered some day. but somehow for me...i seem to forget quite a lot of stuff. i read a letter which hr wrote me while unpacking the stuff at home... there she mentioned about an incident after prelims (which i really do not remember, so no worries, hr!) Another one was when i found the "yoke" list after like 4 yrs! kept between pages of a book. point is... i'm scared that i'm forgetting too many things. things which are important to me and have definitely left a deep impression in my mind before. i think i live and i forget sometimes.

so, conclusion is, i'm going to stay around people who are important to me, to be there for them, there with them. in that case, i can't possibly forget right? i know it sounds very weird and probably doesn't make sense. should probably go to bed now and hopefully, i won't forget what's happened today.