Nostalgia

Nostalgia is a funny little feeling that all of us feel. Nostalgia can sometimes feel like rosy coloured glasses that can alter reality than what it is. A period, a place or even a person’s image is different in every person’s mind in simple words that could mean that all of us carry different versions of the same situation, even though we don’t want to. But all of us carry different versions of the same place. Which version is  the reality? Not sure, maybe reality is what we perceive and not what is actually there. 

A place might have changed but a person who adored that place would perceive it the way that they remember it. It is not that the person is delusional but that is the version that they choose to remember because that is the one that is close to their heart. That place reminds them of a version of them that existed in that place once upon a time. 

Nostalgia is a bittersweet emotion. It helps you remember the fun times that you have had but at the same time you miss the simplicity of that period. The simplicity and happiness that may or may not come back as it was one was felt in the warmth of those doors, corridors and stairways. But even if those days don’t come back, when we smell something familiar,read a letter, hear a sound, taste something familiar or feel warmth of those memories back; we feel that sense of happiness or simplicity even if it is for a second. We feel it and sometimes that is enough for us to be okay. It reminds us that joy is found in the simplicity of life. 

Thank You💚

-MJM.