In last night’s Coping and Healing group, people talked about the power of nostalgia, sharing comforting memories of kids’ games and old TV shows.
While I am well aware of the healing power of nostalgia, I also encourage people to stay in the moment. I believe we need a healthy balance of the past, the present, and the future.
Do you see nostalgia in today’s blog post?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “nostalgia” on YouTube.
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What are your thoughts and feelings about nostalgia?
Nostalgic thanks to all who read my blog, including YOU!
Nostalgia is an illusion, but a seductive one. The most important thing is being in the moment.
I agree, Annabelle!
I think nostalgia was responsible for the disaster that was Brexit – people imagined we could go back to some totally illusory Enid Blyton existence where British folks were all jolly good chaps and all the baddies were foreigners.
I hear you, Annabelle.
Nostalgia is our reward for having come through it 💜
Great definition, my good friend! 💕
There were four of us, women all, returning from a weekend camping trip (LeFemme la Camp), when our van passed a stationwagon with four white-haired women in it also returning from or going somewhere together. Lisa hollers out the window, “We want to grow up to be you.” Too few years later Lisa died of cancer. I’m nostalgic for that moment.
Thanks for sharing that poignant moment, Barbara. 💙
I distinctly remember learning about nostalgia from Euell Gibbons’s Stalking The Wild Asparagus; specifically his chapter on asparagus and how seeing a wild patch of it took him back to his childhood when he first discovered it. I was given the book by a neighbor after I found some asparagus growing wild next to a lake. We can easily get entangled in nostalgia which is why it’s good to focus on the present.
I always learn from you, Chris.
I am a fan of nostalgia, and see it as a positive glimpse back in time, but so important to keep it in its place, the past, and really live in the present.
I am a fan of you, beth!
Nostalgia is a good thing as it informs a peaceful, satisfying and productive now, I think, Ann.
Thanks for your good thoughts, my friend.
I particularly related to this quote: “Nostalgia is the file that takes the rough edges off the good old days.” Yes!
That is a great quote, Jan!