que isto seja esquecido

O meu outlook lembrou-me que fazes anos daqui a sete dias. Recordou-me também que há muito deixei de contar com a memória para algumas coisas. Por isso tenho a agenda. Também por isso, mas não só, tenho o blogue. Por isso, também, recordo-me das palavras de Sherloque Holmes para o Dr. Watson:
I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it – there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.

O bold é meu. A citação é do Study In Scarlet. Mais tarde Sherlock voltou ao tema em The Five Orange Pips:A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it.

Talvez não haja espaço para tudo. Às vezes surpreendo-me com o que ainda lá está. Outras, com que deixou de estar.