You could look at the preservation of flowers as a waste of time as they no longer hold the same vibrancy or beauty as when they were alive. Similarly, I had found it disheartening that I could never return to the innocence of my youth and that people I loved could leave my life either by growing apart or by death. I tried to forget these memories. As I have grown older, I have found that it does not have to be a negative practice to reflect on happier times of the past even if I can never feel exactly the way I did in those moments.
I find it fulfilling to appreciate and carry these moments and people who are no longer in my life with me. Likewise, it is a meaningful process to try to retain the beauty of flowers by pressing them rather than throwing them away or letting them wilt.
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