Sounds like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware > The awareness of impermanence, or transience of things, a

Sounds like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware > 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.