Nostalgic - Thats how i feel!
Have been thinking about the concept of nostalgia. Its amazing that everyone feels the same way about their past. “Those were the days! Gone are those days!” Two statements you keep hearing all the time. It struck me as an interesting phenomenon more because I found myself saying the same more and more in recent days. I realized there should be some simple explanation to this amazing phenomenon. On thinking further something else struck me further interesting. You find all periods of your past particularly pleasant even though you might have drudged through the time with pain and agony.So what’s this concept of Nostalgia and what makes it such a nice feeling? The explanation is simple enough. When you look towards the past there are basically two reasons that make the feeling pleasant. The first reason being that, of a million events that happened in the past you would remember only the relevant and pleasant ones. The second reason which is even more significant is that they are just memories now and you don’t have to face them anymore. It’s like daydreaming of things where you don’t have to go through the pain of the matter, and can just concentrate on the pleasant part.
But all said an done, nostalgia is one of the greatest gift to mankind and I wonder if there is anything that gives one as much pleasure as it does.
posted by Mahesh Vijayamohanan @ 8:35 AM
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