The Priory Church, St. Bees

An old friend of mine had an interesting way of remembering where he put his keys. Whenever he put his keys down he paused and yelled at them and pointed. This meant that he never forgot where he placed them. It also meant that people were always a little on edge around him too, because this method worked to help him remember other things as well, like how to remember what you have been sent to fetch from an adjacent aisle in the grocery store. Whatever it takes, I suppose. I find my own memory is a very fickle thing. I often cannot tell what things I will be able to remember easily and what I will forget. There is no correlation between remembrance and importance. I can easily remember the least important of things, but forget the important things. The old saying, ‘Out of sight, out of mind’ applies to many of us I suspect. If there is something very important which we need to remember we may write it down, or do something which helps us remember.

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