Nostalgia

Nostalgia has often been called a “second-order emotion”
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This is because by definition, it puts down the present in comparison with the past.
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Nostalgia comes from the Greek words nostos = return and algos = grief
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Nostalgia in a way makes one feel resentful of change
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Because by definition nostalgia is a look back in sadness.
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It is also more often just plain inaccurate
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This is because those good old days were nothing like the memories we hold of them
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Our present frustration often causing us to want to dwell on times of greater comfort and pleasure
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Times where we imagine the days were without stress
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Days without fear or sadness
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Days without problems
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Hence the good old days, which selectively hold the good and bury the bad
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For our health and well being living in the moment, this moment now is much more powerful and healthy
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Dealing with our lives day by day
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Looking forward gives us more strength than dreaming of a bygone mythical time in the past
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Some times were certainly good
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Many many more were challenging
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Days of forgotten pain
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Days of boredom
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Stay in this time now the past is past
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Let it stay there
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Only look back in order to adjust a memory
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Adjust it only in the light of new knowledge
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Knowledge gained through your growing that allows you better balance and perspective
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Nostalgia is not helpful
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Nostalgia does nothing for you today