It’s a fact that generation after generation of humankind reveled in the remembered past, times that in the collective mind were so much better than those presently being lived through. Psychologically it figures, I guess, considering the uncertainties of the ‘now’, problems we must deal with while problems of the past have long since been resolved, difficulties forgotten yielding pleasant memories of past good times.

So, we may conservatively champion the nostalgic past rather than endure the uncertainties of a dynamic future that requires us to stay alert and tuned in, but we have to ask ourselves which scenario will produce the most satisfying personal results.