# Nostalgia is always within you Created On: 06-27-2023 02:37 pm Up:: [[Nostalgia]] Tags:: #note/evergreen🌲 Topics:: [[Family (MOC)]] Related:: --- Thinking back to experiences with relatives who've passed is a rather difficult, yet a beautifully humbling venture. As one would expect, it is filled with regret of who I was and wasn't in those times. To give myself grace, I was, in most cases, notably young and unaware. But that doesn't mean I don't feel I could've done or been more... One's maturing awareness almost makes those regrets more real. **I wish I had the same awareness then as I do now... And the reality is, I do, because here I am... ==I can go there whenever I'd like: resurrect those moments and relive them, but through the mind, perception, and emotions of who I am today.== I wish I could see [[Unc]] again... Hug him and tell him what he truly meant to me... Tell him that he truly was the Grandfather that I never had in [[Papaw Jack]] and how much that meant to me... ❤️ Like above, put the slideshow on of beautiful memories and experiences feelings of love, joy, and happiness - they're always a moment away... They're constantly and forever with you, so resurrect them when you need them... **Maybe they'll continue to serve you in new ways: [[You never step in the same river twice]]**. Through the processing of [[My Trauma]], [[Nostalgia]] has a new meaning... Capture those feelings whenever you want, because they're always within you.