Growing up I couldn't wait to get out of the town I grew up in
Now I wanna go back there so bad, but it's so hard when nothing is the same
41-45, F
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FreddieUK · 70-79, M
The notion of 'going back' is alluring, but it's an impossibility. Yes, there is the geographical place that you can revisit, but we change the people we knew change and increasingly so, the physical surroundings which we grew up with or which we were so fond of our altered beyond recognition. The best place for reminiscence is in our heads, perhaps with friends in a conversation or looking at old photographs. Nostalgia is powerful, but we cannot regain everything that we think we've lost.
Too many people of my age try to live in the past and are so disappointed most of the time. I love reminiscence, I do nostalgia quite well, but I try my hardest to live in the present and enjoy today.
Too many people of my age try to live in the past and are so disappointed most of the time. I love reminiscence, I do nostalgia quite well, but I try my hardest to live in the present and enjoy today.