The Positive Aspects of Nostalgia

Mindfulness will show you if your feelings are for a real memory or an idealization of the past.

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One of my fondest memories of my childhood is Star Wars.

I was five years old the first time my parents took me to see this movie. Though I cannot entirely recall the experience, I do know that as I watched that ship (the Tantive IV, FYI) come soaring across the screen, as if from…