Remember is a rather mechanical word . For it doesn’t best express the pleasure that come with it . The pleasure of remembering things , more sweet than bitter .
The act of deriving pleasure is central to human beings . Its a temptation so hard to resist that we even revisit past (events) to get more out of them .This act of pleasure visit to past is one of the most common reason that drives most of what we do .May be we are often unconscious of it .
I used to wonder at at Office farewell emails and speeches how pleasantly people talked about the past . Even while knowing that it was not all that hunky dory , i remained silent . After all every one deserves the benefit of selective memory , moreover i have nothing against someone being so positive about the past 🙂 .
I would brush such things off as routine behavioral thing . But what amazed me that such things stay on and that was little of a shocker .
We all reminisce our childhood . Our achievement , quarrels , relationships , our firsts 🙂 and so on .And why not?… these are the very personal memories that give us the presence we have . And that is absolute pleasure to do .
But that still doesn’t answer why we reminisce ? ……….. actually why we reminisce so much ,so often ?
This is something that goes completely against our crib of life being hectic , it kind of also contradicts our repeated claims of enjoying the life.
…….even more notably why the older the memory the more pleasurable it is ?
The whole process of reminisce and recollecting old … very old,,, memories have magical quality in them. It can completely alter the mood we are in and can even inspire us to extraordinary things.
…………….may be the answer lies in the quality .
….may be its purity of the experience …….simplicity of things around us ………. our innocence !
The older the memories are the better these aspects of that memory are …..
………….Its something clearly that we miss in out present life …. that makes us remember the past .
Ah .. its our yearning for pure , uncomplicated and innocent life !!
……….Ever wondered whether children reminisce ? …
Don’t try to answer it ….
its obvious why the don’t …actually … why they don’t have to ….