No one lives entirely in the present; everyone has a memory, and everyone remembers good times in the past, and everyone naturally wants to repeat an enjoyable experience.
It's really not that different from wanting to go back to that awesome Indian place with the absolutely divine curry that you haven't gone to for years... despite being perfectly satisfied with the Italian place you always go to.
__________________ "I read, I interpret, I think, I criticize, I oppose, I listen, I write, I question, I reply, I quote, I tell, I name, I discuss, I interpolate..., I learn, I teach, I live, therefore I am." -- Marc-Alain Ouaknin, "Mysteries of the Kabbalah", p383.
Favorite Essays I Wrote: love, identity & growth, economics, education, equality, definitions.
Recent Books I liked: Anansi Boys, Fly By Night, Hyperion. |