Why past is brilliant than present?

Past full of memories of yesterday, future remains unknown till tomorrow, today is with you - Dr V V Rao

"Why does it matter? Why would a 40-year-old man care about a car he drove when he was 18?" he asks. It matters, quite simply, because nostalgia makes us feel good. But is that all?

Most of our days are often filled with routine activities that are not particularly significant — shopping for groceries, commuting to work and so forth. Nostalgia is a way for us to tap into the past experiences that we have that are quite meaningful — to remind us that our lives are worthwhile, that we are people of value, that we have good relationships, that we are happy and that life has some sense of purpose or meaning. Most important of all, we look back at the highs and lows. We back at our achievements, successes and failures.  It gives us the thrill we had in that very moment, we express the emotions we experienced years ago. We also find solace and a comfort zone in our own arena. The past memories rarely have any unbroken paths, yet we look upon discoveries we made. We look back at the journeys we have lead together and thus a special belongingness to a certain group. We also feel protected in this belongingness like it was our very own safe haven. Having called our past a form of a safe haven it is not easy to move away from it.

In these hard times, do we need to stand alone and aloof? My answer is a ‘BIG No’. Does anyone like to be alone? Are our family and friends alone?  Are we down-hearted? Our feelings keep changing as well as such thoughts keep coming and going. But what we want to appreciate is that every man and woman has not entertained the thought of quitting from the present struggles.  In these circumstances brings us to the need to connect to our past and those moments of joy being enveloped in the jaws of high morale and faith of these current days of ours be successful yet again. I believe that for many good long moments ahead, not only you, rather all our families must aim for our new victory. Wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts and looks back to what we have gone through and what we've done, they will say "do not quit, results did not yield without efforts”,  turn around straight forward and stay successful as a courageous people.  We have emerged from one deadly struggle - a terrible fear has been cast on the ground and awaiting for our judgment and our mercy!

A Standard Life study suggests 28 to 40-year-olds don't plan for the future because they prefer to reminisce about past times. One shouldn’t revisit it as a way of avoiding the present or not thinking about the future. If you spend too much time thinking about the past, you are simply not going to be prepared for the future socially or emotionally. While highlighting the benefits of nostalgia, a 2006 report in Psychology Today magazine has warned that “overdoing reminiscence” risks an absence of joy derived from the present, and a reliance on past memories to provide happiness.

Therefore it is important to tune your nostalgia to live in the present and to be prepared for the future. An extensive survey has developed a healthy nostalgia workout in order for healthy emotional life.

List cherished memories

Find photos or mementos from happy times

Close your eyes and think about what is outside the "picture frame" to conjure subtle details

Reminiscing with people from your past strengthens relationships

Take mental snapshots and save mementos of happy times for future nostalgia

This article was written by my lovely daughter Bhavika