Driving down the memory lane…..

Driving down the memory lane…..

Throughout our lifetime, our mind continues to be in a responsive state where it is burdened with the heavy task of maintaining the normal functioning of the body at one side and keeping the track record of moments, events and people that are special to us. This track record of precious moments is known as one's memory. A person right from the day he grabs senses start building an immense database in his mind about all those facts, stories, events, happenings and people who grab a special place in his heart. He wishes that he could relive the moments that soothe his soul. But as the passing tide, time too never waits for us to relish the moment completely.

The task of fulfillment of one’s soul to contentment related to a particular point or person is done through the memories we develop. We develop all kinds of memories through the course of our lives. Some beautiful, some ugly, some special, some not so special, some we never want to live again, some we never want to part away. In fact, the human soul is nothing more than a track record of one’s own deeds and experiences through his journey in this material world. Memories are a way through which a human can constantly remind his own self, what he actually is, how he developed into a person he is, how he sees his life, how he wish to remain happy or how he plans to change his life in his favour. We often see people engrossed deep in the golden era’s of their lifetime in the form of memories of past.

But is it truly justified to live just in one’s own world in the form of reliving the memories. People tend to immerse themselves deep into the bonds of pleasant memories that they forget they have a present and future to look upon. They find pleasure in happy memories, anxiety and gloom in bad ones but they never wish to part away from them. The thought of oneself in the grip of his past is fine up to an extent but is it justified to leave everything at the mercy of destiny and start finding solace in our most pleasurable memories.

One thinks that if he constantly reminds himself of the luckier times in the past, he would be able to sail through his life easily. But trust me, without a plan for future, luck also starts avoiding one’s soul. Nothing can be done of a person who is in a fake nostalgia about his own self, his self-obsession just appears to be helpful to him, but in reality it is turning him into a classic oldie which was no doubt the best in his time, but have no place in the present or future. To prove something, one needs to rise, rise from his thoughts and walk hand in hand with the present with a clear eye on the future. Nothing is impossible. No one is useless. It is his own mentality that make him useless due to the corrosion of his mind because of a lack of perspective towards his own life.

Falling in nostalgia about the past is no bad, but one needs to realize that the past is only a nice place to visit, not to stay for a lifetime. If one tries to stay in the shackles of his own past, his present and future tend to disrespect him due to his own disinterest. Think, plan looks forward. Find motivation in your past, seek wisdom from your experiences but never try to cling hard to your own achievements or failures because that will bar your own progress in the future and will not let you rise above your own standards. The only person, hurdle to your success is your own personality. Try to overcome your own self and the world will salute you at every step.