Forgetfulness

What I could do, and what I want to. Or, in other words, if you don't choose your circumstances, the circumstances are going to choose for you.

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“Memory, then, not so much as the past contained within us, but as proof of our life in the present. If a man is to be truly present among his surroundings, he must be thinking not of himself, but of what he sees. He must forget himself in order to be there. And from that forgetfulness arises the power of memory. It is a way of living one's life so that nothing is ever lost.” (P. A., The invention of solitude). Now I understand a little better my lacks of memory.