26 February · A memory can be beautiful and painful.

Sadness

Even the happy memories hurt right now.

A little room to breathe.26 February

Sadness

“Si Mens duobus affectibus simul affecta semel fuit, ubi postea eorum alterutro afficietur, afficietur etiam altero.”

English translation

“If the mind has once been affected by two emotions at the same time, it will, whenever it is afterwards affected by one of these two, be also affected by the other.”

Baruch Spinoza — Ethics, 1677Part 3, proposition 14English translation by R. H. M. Elwes (1884)Read the source ↗

A memory can be beautiful and painful.

Remembering can bring something close again and remind you how much has changed. You don't have to settle on one feeling. You can smile, feel sad, or put the memory aside for a while. There's no requirement to find a bright side before you're ready.

ONE SMALL STEP

Let the memory be what it is today. Take a break from it if you need one.

A little room to breathe.26 February

A spark of light in your day.

A spark
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