Mono no aware

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Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness or wistfulness at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life

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Susan Cain on Transforming Pain, Building Your Emotional Resilience, Exploring Sufi Wisdom, and More

Susan Cain on Transforming Pain, Building Your Emotional Resilience, Exploring Sufi Wisdom, and More

Tim Ferriss

A Japanese aesthetic term for the pathos of things, or an empathy toward things, a sensitivity to ephemera, representing the awareness of impermanence and a gentle sadness at their passing. Discussed in the context of cherry blossom festivals.