Nostalgia Avenue isn't always a pleasant road on which to travel. But, sometimes, traveling down that road does more than dredge up memories heavy with sentimentality. Nostalgia Avenue leads back into the past, yes, but it provides you with an opportunity to remember all the people who have helped you and supported you up until the present point where you are now. Those that are nostalgic often get criticized for living in some past memory and not moving forward with the times.
"That's destructive," well-wishers advise.
Yet, the nostalgic ones who reach back into their past as they tread Nostalgia Avenue--who contact old friends and recount fond memories--they're just taking time to say thank you, to remember. Since when is appreciation destructive, verboten?
In the digital world that we now have, it is easy to let some people fall by the wayside, let some connections breakdown and chalk it up to nature. After all, dendritic pruning in the brain is a natural process; shouldn't that be extended to the social world?
Not really. Reach out to that person from ten years ago who comes to mind when she comes to mind. She just might remember you, and your message--you trip down Nostalgia Avenue to say hello, say thank you--could mean more than you know.
"That's destructive," well-wishers advise.
Yet, the nostalgic ones who reach back into their past as they tread Nostalgia Avenue--who contact old friends and recount fond memories--they're just taking time to say thank you, to remember. Since when is appreciation destructive, verboten?
In the digital world that we now have, it is easy to let some people fall by the wayside, let some connections breakdown and chalk it up to nature. After all, dendritic pruning in the brain is a natural process; shouldn't that be extended to the social world?
Not really. Reach out to that person from ten years ago who comes to mind when she comes to mind. She just might remember you, and your message--you trip down Nostalgia Avenue to say hello, say thank you--could mean more than you know.
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