Look Back!

I’m in a good happy happy mood. Why? Partly because of nostalgia, part because I’m getting a “life’s good” feeing. Life goes on, and we don’t even realize how it’s been passing away. Today, when I look back at 2009-2011, 3 years ago, I feel good. I feel as if a lot of things have happened in these 3 years. I’ve changed a lot, yet remained almost the same. I’ve made new friends, explored new things, and done so much. I actually feel that my life has not been a waste after all. And at the same time, I even miss those days. My friends, whom I haven’t met for so long; the places I haven’t visited since forever. In fact all of this nostalgia started off with a message from a very old friend whom I haven’t spoken with since 2011. She just said Hi, nothing much. But it felt good to hear from her. After so long. And then I started thinking about those days. I’ve even pinged a few of my other friends, hoping for a reply from them soon! :D

So yea, back to the philosophical part. Life goes on, we don’t even notice time passing by. But in my opinion, we should spend a few minutes every now and then looking at our lives, what we were, what we’ve become. We realize a lot in these few minutes. How much we’ve changed as per or against our expectations. And I’m not saying that we should be regretful of what we’ve done in the past, but we should at least know what’s going on with us. Sometimes, the realizations are bad, sometimes good. And apart from looking at our lives, thinking about the past also helps us in remembering the people who used to play an important part in our lives at some point. We should make sure to keep reminding them that they were (and are) special. It feels great to hear from an old friend, no matter for how long you’ve not spoken to them.

So yea, you should open up Facebook, twitter, Google plus; basically whatever social networking site you’ve been on for a while, and start browsing through your old pictures, posts, messages, etc. That’s what pictures are meant for, right? To be looked at later on. That later on’s now! If you’re not on a social networking site, just find some other memories somewhere :P. And ping your friends. Say hi. Say you wanna meet. Don’t be afraid; of whether it’s appropriate to suddenly want to meet after so long or anything of that sort. Everything is okay. And in the worst case, they’ll deny. Big deal. Not that you’ve been talking to them everyday anyways. But meeting them will feel amazing. You’ll relive all those good moments, and build more special ones. In fact I wish I had the same positive “nothing to lose” attitude I have right now, few years earlier. Would have been in touch with lot of my friends if I did. But better late than never!

This time when I go back to Mumbai, I’ll meet as many of my old friends as possible. And do something stupid; for instance have either an Ice cream or a drink together. Whichever they choose! :D

(Now lets hope I actually do that :D)