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Originally Posted by unaluna
I think The Little Prince addresses this phenomenon. I never understood it when i read it, but being away from my t now for a couple of years, i think i get it. Something about the care you gave to your rose? My parents were more about raising me to be tough, than about showing care. So that was a difficult concept for me to grasp.
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"It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important."
Sometimes it's translated as "the time you wasted" but the idea is that the time we spend is meaningful to the people we spend it on, and that makes it meaningful to us.
chihiro, he won't forget you. 
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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you. (St. Augustine)
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