After the tremendous success of “The Art of forgetting”, on public demands I have to come up with my “The Art of forgetting Part 2”. Though it is not the only reason to start writing this part down but within these 6 months or 1 year I had done so many silly mistakes, so many instances of this forgetfulness which deserves to be written down.
In the quest of finding out the real reason why do we forget things, which I still haven’t got any answer yet but a new dimension has been found in my research. We always give some priority to things in our life. The one having the higher priority is more essential or more valuable and needs to be done earlier than the rest having a low priority. Now depending upon which parameters we are giving this priority is solely our own choice. But giving priority to certain things doesn’t imply that you have to forget the basic things of life.
Well, in my case, I do or rather I had done, maybe it was a mistake but I did. Recently I got a new job. I was desperate to change. And one day when it happened, the next morning I found myself very busy writing this application, that application, gathering this information and lots of other stuffs. Before joining my new company I had to do all sorts of documentations and formalities for getting the release order from my old company. I was so busy doing all those stuffs in the morning that I forgot to take my breakfast. Whatever! I knew I can have the same from office itself. After completing writing all those applications, having bath and other things I went to my office. There I had my breakfast, submitted all those applications, booked tickets and other things which I felt was needed. At around 3 in the evening when I found myself quite free to have some rest and have a little chat with my friends, suddenly I realized that there is something missing from my pocket. I searched here and there but it was nowhere. It was my room’s key. Normally one person stays with me. He has one key and the other two are with me. One key I use for day to day use and the other is kept safely in my moneybag inside some hidden chamber. When the day to day key is missing, I immediately began to recall where I possible could leave it. I had gone to a lot of departments that day so it is virtually impossible to go to each and every section looking for that key. Anyway I tried that one. Called and asked everyone and anyone who might know where the key can be because I knew that my roommate has gone to home and he has one set of key. Even at that time I was unable to find that back up key which I had kept safely in some hidden chamber of my pocket. I took out every bit of papers and money, every coins and whatever rubbish was there inside my pocket, but one thing I couldn’t find is the key. There were lots of waste papers inside my pocket which I don’t know why I had kept. I tried to figure out the history and geography behind those pages, but I had forgotten all. Its strange how in such a situation a person who has lost his key and doesn’t know how to get inside the room can think of other useless things like those histories behind those papers. I searched everywhere but still couldn’t find it. Then a shocking truth came to my mind. “Whether I had locked the door or is it still open?” if it is open, then I hoped that all my belongings should be safe or not. In Kerala, people are trusty but who knows when devil strikes the head and that too an open door with all my valuable things. The only valuable things I could possible think of are my gadgets. I began to think if I lose them from where I could get its replacement. They have become old but working, within how many years I can make all those necessary replacements. And all those wield things unnecessary thought began to crop up my head.
Then I realized that why I am taking unnecessary tensions, one friend is there in the quarters why I don’t call him to check whether the door is really open or not. Though personally I don’t like that fellow and if he hears this sort of blunder of mine he is sure to fire at me. But this has really been a stupid act on my part. I should be punished. So with a lot of hesitations and fear I called him, told him to check. He checked and told me that my room mate is sleeping in my room. I thanked god that he has come back in time. But my fear was still there that I had not locked the room and all my belongings are still safe inside my room. So I called my roommate and asked him when he had returned. He replied that it was last night. I told him to stay in the room as I had lost my key. He asked in which world I am living. I was surprised.
What had actually happened is that my roommate was still in my room when I had left the room so I deliberately hadn’t locked the room not even taken the key. But still from that day itself I am not finding my key. I don’t know where I had kept it originally.
This is one incident, the next incident happened yesterday. I had to go to the telephone exchange to submit my telephone, then to sweet shop for buying sweets then come back to office by 12 to distribute among my manager, colleagues. So quite busy schedule. I took my bath and came out of room by 9 30 am. Then again confusion crept in. whether I should take breakfast as idli, dosa or go directly to the sweet shop and take some bakes or snaks. Whatever it was I had to go out because I didn’t had any breakfast items in my room apart from biscuits. Apart from this fact, I was also not feeling hungry. I didn’t know why it is so, last night I had dinner outside but that should have been digested by now. I should be feeling hungry. When I reached near the shop of taking idli I realized that I hadn’t brushed my teeth so still having a stale feeling and not having the urge to eat. I again ran back home for brushing my teeth then came back. Even my mother had told me to buy some white flours from the market, I completely forgot that and came back with the sweets. Now for the same job I have to go again today.
These are some incidents taken from real life practical experience. It is said that you should always ask money from a forgetful person. He will forget soon all about the money and you don’t have to pay him back. But I know who owes me what. But the problem is how to ask? but its my money and i have every right to claim it back. Normally I don’t ask for money from anybody and neither I want to give the same. And money is the root causes of any misunderstand or break up of any relationship or whatever.
Sorry, I think I had diverted from the original topic of forgetting. Forgetting is an art and should be practiced under precision. “Forget and Forgive” is the motto of life. But don’t forget so much that you have to repent what you have forgotten.