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the opposite of nostalgia

the opposite of nostalgia

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by Georgia O’Keeffe

I was thinking about a word for the opposite of nostalgia, by which I mean a memory of the past that evokes unmixed joy instead of a desire to return. I get this feeling when I remember moments in the past that I’m happy to have lived through and even happier to have left behind.

Five years ago I said “Shut the fuck up” when a boy told…

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