Forgetting

I think the ability to consciously and willfully forget is an aspect of God.

I'm no genius, but I have a pretty good memory. When people talk, I listen, and when I listen, I internalize. Words and images are easily impressed upon my mind.

Sometimes my ability to remember things can be rather harmful to myself and my relationships with others. I don't mean to, but I hold onto people's words, and they sometimes resurface in my brain. Even when I thought I was over something or I had already let something go, shells of said words return to me, and I discover that they still slightly sting.

And I just want to forget. That would facilitate so much in my life, make many hurt or bitter feelings easier to overcome.

I never want to be the kind of person that brings up past words or deeds as justification for my actions. I never want to be that kind of wife, especially, who tells her husband that "you did this which affected me in this way, and now I'm doing this thing, so why can't you just be whatever?" Obviously that was a really vague example, but I think it could be pretty easy to fill in those blanks with specific actions or words.

Hence, my conclusion: it is an attribute of God to simply and consciously forget when we as humans err.
Oh, to be like God!