The Past is in the Past

From Snoop Dogg “reminiscin’ bout the days of way back” to Jay Gatsby trying to “set [‘a defunct mantelpiece clock’] back in place,” it's pretty common for people to romanticize and try to relive the past. It seems like the grass is greener on the other side cliché applies to time as well, with the other side being past experiences that we’ve glorified so much that they’ve become almost larger-than-life. My family and I went back to Tennessee after so many years to visit our hometown, and I was taken back by how different the city was. Some of our favorite restaurants had either closed or been renamed, and the icon of Memphis, the pyramid overlooking the Mississippi River, had even been turned into a Bass Pro Shop. No hate on Bass Pro Shops, but come on Memphis! I was disappointed that something that iconic didn’t serve the same purpose it once did.

The Bass Pro Shop Pyramid

The problem with romanticising the past is just that; it’s in the past. We can’t go back on it. Things will never be as you once knew them, because as time moves on, people and things change to adapt to the times, and obviously this won’t line up with past memories. I guess the best thing to do is take Elsa’s advice and just let it go.