Nostalgia

[miffy63]

Have we always been nostalgic? Is it a healthy state of mind to be in? Does it mean we're afraid of what the future holds and prefer to look back, often with rose tinted glasses?

[robbo82]

Ah, nostalgia's not what it used to be, you know...

[DotH]

i am guilty of that all the time. most days, very often, i am very reflective and the past seems alot more interesting than the future alot of the time, I don't dwell on old pictures or possessions, just memories.

[applebee]

I think so, a smell or a taste of food one had when they were younger can always bring a smile and a memory :) I think that when people get older, they feel they have a bit less to look forward to (certainly NOT all cases). Therefore remembering great things in the past can become a great pastime. I don't think there is anything wrong with being nostalgic as long as a person is not living in the past, and ignoring the beauty in each passing day.

[Suzannew]

I think as we get older it's a way of re-living some happy times particularly in your childhood. Having lost my dad and all my grandparents now I like to remember the holidays when they were all with us. I try to explain to my children life without mobiles, computers, only 3 t.v. channels, they can't imagine it and think it must have been so boring - but it wasn't. Didn't know any different did we? At a very young age I remember roaming woods and fields on my own, the dangers were there but it is something I would never let my young children do now.

[bloaterbum]

Wat has gone cannot be changed and that's what makes it easy to do and the future is hard as itis unknown and daunting .Nothing ventures and all that..........

[willa]

Nostalgia's a nice place for a vacation, but I wouldn't want to live there.