What makes you feel nostalgic?
Life is a time capsule
Set up in increments of five or ten years
Sometimes moments
It takes so long to grow older
And almost no time at all
To realize you’re suddenly old
Nostalgia is memories
Stored as moments
Toys, people, smells, sounds, places
feelings
while in these places
Emotions felt by smelling cotton candy
Or suntan lotion
Or a certain brand of beer
Or hairspray you used when you were sixteen
A pen you used to write your first novel
The heat of a summer
The cold of a winter
If you close your eyes and you think of a time
or times
When you were happiest
Most creative
Most loved
Most loving
And present in the moment
The comfort of nostalgia will envelop you
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Love this, especially the positive ending.
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Thanks! Nostalgia doesn’t have to be a longing for the past, just an acceptance, and hopefully a smile. The future will one day be nostalgia.
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I’m reminded of the quote “Why do we regard history as of the past and forget we are making it?”
Great post and my best wishes for a very Happy New Year to you and yours!
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Great quote! Happy New Year to you, as well!
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Love it! “Nostalgia doesn’t have to be a longing for the past” …. the longing for the past meets with the past dreaming of the future, and the two can smile at one another.
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Lovely sentiment! Past meets present, present meets past, present meets future (meets past)…could go on ad infinitum. Time is relative!
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