I can be friends with you because I can forget all the bad things. I can forget all the bad things because remembering the good things is so much nicer, and there is more to remember than forget. For every one thing you said that you felt was hurtful, there were fifteen things so lovely that I couldn’t respond. So now, I remember the fifteen and forget the one. I hope you do too.

Some people call this kind of  memory loss; ‘fooling yourself.’ That you can’t be friends with someone who once made you doubt all of everything. Well, I may be a fool, but if the opposite is the kind of intelligence that wins people shiny awards - then I’m happier with an empty shelf and a life full of you.

xBlanaid

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