The "simple" power of perspective...
❌ "Oh/Damn/Curses, I forgot"
✔️ (Thought) "I got the opportunity to realize again!"
✔️ (Verbal Response) "Thank you, I'm grateful."
My perspective is that remembering/realization gives a current/future opportunity that's (hopefully) greater than the harm of forgetting. Since verbal gratitude is more easily received/understood when followed by a reason;
✔️ "You realized I forgot, and communicated that with me"
✔️ "You had an idea and shared your realization"

