Is it worth the space?
Someone has rightly said "we don't remember the days but we remember the moments". We remember those times we enjoyed with friends, the times when we had a good family get together dinner, holding your partners hand and walking on the beach.
These memories are buried in some corner of our hearts. They come onto the surface when one sits and broods of the times gone by. You miss those good times when your present is going through a rough patch. To think of your struggles, the battle you fought when you reach a certain milestone in your life.
Some people take it to the next step. They collect artifacts that remind them of those times.
As I was packing my stuff to relocate, I found my pandoras box. I collect tickets of movies, stage shows, concerts, football tennis games that I had been to and enjoyed. Bills from restaurants I have dined at. Behind it I would write the names of people I went with. Each ticket has its own story, has its own incident and memory attached to it. When I look at the Davenport v/s Sharapova match ticket, it narrates how we were sun burnt watching the game. The ticket for the hindi movie "Taal" from 1999 reminds me how we landed for the wrong show (Read here).
And now as I see this bag, I realize I have only touched it over the years to simply add to the collection. I haven't had a chance to enjoy its worth. Haven't got the time, to sit back and remember those times. It makes me question myself, if it is worth the effort and the space. I am not doing it so that I can get my thrills when I am sixty nor do I want to store them for my grandchildren to learn about the fun times in my life.
But in today's world, do we have time for ourselves? Do we get the time to look back at the days gone by without worrying of the days yet to come.
To quote William Henry Davies from the poem Leisure (learnt this poem in high school)
"What is life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare."
I don't...Do you?
These memories are buried in some corner of our hearts. They come onto the surface when one sits and broods of the times gone by. You miss those good times when your present is going through a rough patch. To think of your struggles, the battle you fought when you reach a certain milestone in your life.
Some people take it to the next step. They collect artifacts that remind them of those times.
As I was packing my stuff to relocate, I found my pandoras box. I collect tickets of movies, stage shows, concerts, football tennis games that I had been to and enjoyed. Bills from restaurants I have dined at. Behind it I would write the names of people I went with. Each ticket has its own story, has its own incident and memory attached to it. When I look at the Davenport v/s Sharapova match ticket, it narrates how we were sun burnt watching the game. The ticket for the hindi movie "Taal" from 1999 reminds me how we landed for the wrong show (Read here).
And now as I see this bag, I realize I have only touched it over the years to simply add to the collection. I haven't had a chance to enjoy its worth. Haven't got the time, to sit back and remember those times. It makes me question myself, if it is worth the effort and the space. I am not doing it so that I can get my thrills when I am sixty nor do I want to store them for my grandchildren to learn about the fun times in my life.
But in today's world, do we have time for ourselves? Do we get the time to look back at the days gone by without worrying of the days yet to come.
To quote William Henry Davies from the poem Leisure (learnt this poem in high school)
"What is life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare."
I don't...Do you?
13 Comments:
//But in today's world, do we have time for ourselves? Do we get the time to look back at the days gone by without worrying of the days yet to come.
Sure, we do. You dont even need to allocate time to it. It just crops up in your mind all of a sudden and then you can't help but look back at the days gone by.
By Raj, at 10:23 PM
well you need to put an effort if you want to get back those happy days and memories... I do put an effort...
V..
By virdi, at 11:10 PM
:)
My Call....Nostalgia is a seductive liar.Cheers!!
By Anonymous, at 3:10 AM
Oops!! and I thought I was the one who was crazy when I collected all those ticket stubs:D
I do that too, my friend, to reminsce the moments spent with someone..
Nice post, Parth!!
As said by Will Smith "Life is not determined by moments, but moments that take your breath away"
Happy moving, buddy!
By Rays Of Sun, at 9:54 AM
Have had those moments when I am looking for something, and I find something else from the past! :-) It's always a joy. It's also during moving, that I come across these things again. From time to time, I feel the desire to get in touch with my memories. And I do just that. And the more time passes in between, the better it is sometimes. It makes it feel even more fresh.
By Anonymous, at 11:17 AM
jaguu commented: Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
i would have to admit, for me thats how it is quite often. Example: when i was a teenager, i hated so much of the crap that was going on. No, i'm 24, and i look back and think: "those were the days." but were they?...
i've been thinking about the past a bit TOO much lately, i think. to an extent, its important... but i think i've been going overboard.
sorry for going on and on... i'm tired and having trouble focusing on what i'm really saying... la de la de la...
By Becky L, at 12:14 PM
Beautiful quote and very thought-provoking post.....I agree
By Kroopa Shah (Kr00pz), at 1:19 PM
P.S//quote..
I think its Robert Frost...Thats the only poem, I remember from school.Love it very much!
By Rays Of Sun, at 5:35 PM
OOPS! correction..Its W.H Davies:)
By Rays Of Sun, at 5:37 PM
Good post, Parth!!!
True that most of us are so caught up with various aspects of life to lay back and think about our pasts. In some cases, its good to do that, but its bad if we forget what others have done for us or given us.
Thats a nice way of collecting memories - tickets, passes, etc.
Thought I never use this to recollect memories, I have a different way. I associate occassions in my life with songs, that I might have listened during that time. Like the song "Resham si hai ye hawaayein sanam" from Meri Yaar Ki Shaadi would remind me of my struggle to get a job after my engineering. Lot of songs to associate with lot of events.
By Arun R, at 9:37 PM
Kahan ho???
By Rays Of Sun, at 5:26 PM
Not back frm the thanksgiving break yet, or is ur new job getting all hectic
-thanu
By Thanu, at 12:17 PM
Ok! now we are officially worried.CA mein internet down hai kya??
By Rays Of Sun, at 6:23 PM
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