Sentimentality is in itself a strange phenomenon. People can easily remain strongly attached to certain items, experiences or people despite the fact that the said matter has passed on and is possibly rotting in some dark morass in Mordor.
Taken positively, sentimentality can provide an anchor for morale while it is rationally impossible to feel good about a particular event. On the flip side, there’s a strong tendency to focus on the negative for some people. Ironically, giving them a limited good experience is even worse than providing none at all, for they have a tendency to cry because it’s over.
An event is an event because it is. By virtue of that absurd truism, there should be no reason to dwell on the past. If a good event happened, be happy about it. If it was nasty, learn from it to devise steps to prevent it from recurring.
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