Don't forget to forget - Raffaele Morelli

Don't forget to forget - Raffaele Morelli

Let go of memories you no longer need

Raffaele Morelli's "Don't Forget to Forget" is about the art of living. He argues that this art consists largely of forgetting. Forgetting, in fact, gives us a form of freedom: by forgetting the things that no longer serve us, we are able to resume our path again and again, without limitations or burdens.

The art of living consists largely of forgetting.

The more we shed our past and our fictional identities, our opinions and habits, the more space we create within ourselves and the more we can reveal who we truly are. We often tend to cling to our past, stubbornly holding on to memories we no longer need. And so, betrayals, disappointments, and traumatic events ultimately become a heavy burden that we carry with us for the rest of our lives, preventing us from being happy.

In reality, our brains have already overcome the past, they have already adapted, they have moved on. We are the ones left behind, using memories as an alibi to complain and remain stagnant. The obsessive reminders of an unhappy past can even become comforting, like stroking a scar.

In this book, Raffaele Morelli lets us discover the healing power of forgetting, which works like a real medicine for the brain: only by forgetting can we create space in our minds and free ourselves from the web of feelings that prevents us from opening up to the new and to the beautiful things that life has in store for us.

Dutch | paperback | 9789020222210 | 151 pages