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Remembrance

Remembrance

Memory, for all its convenience, can be a hindrance or an uplifting force.

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May 27, 2024
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Forgetting pain is convenient 
and remembering it is agonizing. 	
One is difficult to accomplish 
and another is easy to encounter 
unsolicited. Both always occur
unwarranted or unsuspected. 

The success or failure of either 
is only a measure of worth to a glutton 
for ignorance worshiping at an altar 
of fools. Don't fo…

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