dʒə, | 1. | a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days. |
| 2. | something that elicits or displays nostalgia. |
Nostalgia is a funny feeling - when you think back to earlier times where you had not a care in the world and your biggest fear was your looming History test; when you happily sang along to your favourite Backstreet Boys song; when you looked out of the window in the evening and saw your father return home from work; when your mom sometimes resorted to tickling you just to get you out of bed; when you slept and dreamed of what life would be like once you were grown up - a cool job, the perfect boyfriend, a cute house of your own. How I wish I could go back to those days...
Nothing stays rosy forever. Things change, the people around us change, we change... And not always for the better. But I guess it's just one of those things that we have to learn to accept and deal with. A perfect life is one that is monotonous and uninteresting while a life that is exciting, rewarding and sometimes trying, battle scars and all included, is one that is far from perfect. I say it's the latter kind of life that builds us into better people and makes us stronger for the long haul.
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