Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ When we lose a partner, we are often told to take comfort in the fact that we "tasted love once." To a grieving heart, this feels like an insult—a mediocre consolation prize for a devastating loss. However, this film suggests that our agony stems from a modern prejudice: the belief that only the present is "real" and that memory is merely a graveyard. Discover why your mind is an exquisite machine designed to preserve every detail of your past happiness, and why "re-living" a beautiful year in long-hand can be a more profound source of solace than any new distraction. #Heartbreak #Grief #Psychology #Nostalgia Unlock all the content of The School of Life with a subscription to our podcast, articles, videos, and exercises, specially tailored to your needs. Get weekly insights for better relationships, deeper self-knowledge, and inner calm straight to your inbox. Sign up for more ideas, plus 10% off your first shop order: https://www.theschooloflife.com/signup/ You can read more on this and other subjects in our articles, here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/article/a-solution-to-heartache-memory/ “When we lose love, we may at points hear from well-meaning friends (perhaps those older than us) that we should take comfort from the thought that: ‘at least we tasted proper love once in our lives.’ This seems, at best, rather mediocre fare. It’s true; we had love - it might have lasted six months, or four years or fifteen - but the agony isn’t that love didn’t happen, it’s that we don’t have it any longer…” OUR COLLECTIONS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpcEwc0qydf2jSszQFSht81E https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpckOvZZ_AZjD7WM2p9-6NBv https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpeUL1vz9Su7OmeghBDgmj7X https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpeypJMHfNbJ4RAFkRtmAN3P https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpcpxBm1RoGRx4mVKNRIrKkG https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28Xmpcp7jXVszdNruKUtHZ2zuZb https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28Xmpfv2COuuJaKzy6E2n8nSMdi https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28Xmpc1qCJ6RYYh4rKNOOlKtFIK SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theschooloflife?lang=en CREDITS Written and Narration: Alain De Botton Animation: Natalia Beigaj https://www.nb-animation.com/