Yesterday I & my good old college friend were having conversation on phone after a long time. It’s almost 6yrs now that we have left college. Listening to her I was surprised to realize that she remembers all the incidences that took place then, almost very specifically. Throughout our chat she was describing them with so much precision that almost took me by shock & to confess I felt bored as well. Because I am never so keen to discuss past events unless there is something historical about them rather I am more concerned about the present & future plans. But I guess my friend is no different from many other fellow beings. Mostly all of them are so much attached to their respective past, the so called ‘good old days’ that they just overlook the beauty of the present while completely ignoring the future. Often the elderly members in the family can be seen sitting amongst other family members or friends telling all sorts of stories glorifying the past thus finding faults in the present. How can such attitude help, I fail to understand? Except leaving you frustrated & discontent. In every era there are some good events & some bad events happening around. You can say it’s a part of life. Then why do you have to be biased about them. Agreed, life was much simpler in the yester years but then even today it’s not so bad. We have made so much progress in almost all fields. Why not look at them with praise? Similarly in our personal lives, it’s good to cherish memories but then what’s the point in clinging to them. You shouldn’t start finding your identity in them. Your identity lies in the present. If you are still identifying yourself with the past events then may be you have failed to move on with life, which shows that you have not grown. You must realize that nothing is stationary around you, everything is changing. Whether you recognize it or not, nothing is same as in ‘good old days’. So instead of resisting what is present just embrace it because you are a part of it anyhow.
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