Nostalgia

We, human beings, have different life stages. Some would classify the stages according to age like infancy, childhood, and adulthood. It is a static classification of how we grow and develop. On the other hand, I can also classify our life stages according to time like the past, present, and future. It is a dynamic classification, similar to a lever with a moving fulcrum. With the past on the left side and the future on the right, we move our fulcrum (present) to the right, as we go along our daily lives. Thus, our lives consist of memories of the past, experiences of the present, and expectations of the future. Every tick of the clock, expectations turn into experiences, and experiences turn into memories. Sometimes, however, we try to pull the fulcrum to the left and try to experience again our past memories.