Just A Thought: Remembering the Good

Remembering the Good

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Nostalgia. /näˈstaljə/. Noun. A sentimental longing for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. (Thank you Thesaurus)

We long for things that are gone when someone or something reminds us of that familiar memory forever etched in our hearts and our minds. As I was cooking supper today, Chicken Pineapple, I kind of remembered someone. Someone who passed and made such a huge impact in my life. Someone who took care of me and honed me to be the responsible person that I am today.

In my head, I was saying two words... "Thank you."

Which kind of sums everything up. Thank you for the memories, thank you for the unconditional love, thank you for your kindness, and thank you for your wisdom.

See people come into our lives and we rarely notice their importance to us. Sometimes we even take them for granted. When the time comes that they have to go or they are about to go we suddenly realize their worth, their meaning, their purpose. We are all caught up in the workings of our minds, our issues, the problems we need to face that we forget the connections we make to people.

We forget to see.

We forget to feel.

We forget to love.

When the nostalgic feeling touches us we feel so much gratefulness that for just a quick moment someone gave us this person back, this memory, or this same feeling. We smile in our hearts and our minds and just experience the moment fully and we ask ourselves why we didn't feel the same when this person was still with us.

Death is inevitable, it's a process that we experience in the course of our lives. It's a sad sad state when the person that you once saw to be this or that is no longer going to be a part of you for the next years to come. You have somewhat died with them, a part of you was taken and the only way for you to claim it back is through those nostalgic moments.

It's such a curious thing that a simple smell of that certain food could make you feel happy and sad at the same time. Have you had that? Where you feel like that person who reminded you of what you're doing is just somewhere far away? Somewhere that you can never reach at the moment? Somewhere where "somewhere" is somewhat existent and you believe that with all your heart?

And you convince yourself that they are ok. But you still need proof and you beg and beg that someone could just do the explaining where the hell they go after all these things are done and over with in this plane.

I once heard this woman, well a character from the movie #BeforeMidnight, where she said something about us going through life without even realizing that we are just passing through it. That days go by and we merely exist echoing through this tunnel then we say our goodbyes or sometimes we don't but we are never forgotten.

Always remembered. Always thought about. Always with the feeling of sadness and happiness at the same time. You thought you can never have two emotions at once but you do and the tears start flowing and you just remember everything that was good, is good, and will be good.

I guess what I'm saying is that no one leaves this place not being remembered at all. We exist; whether we like it or not people will acknowledge our existence. It's good to know that every time we do remember we always see the good deeds that the once who passed did during the course of their lives.

We remember their familiar smiles, their jokes, their weird laughs, their voice, or even the way they curse and it makes our hearts smile and they even leave us with happy tears. We do remember the bad ones, but we still smile and feel glad inside that this person has touched our life in ways that we could possibly improve or change ourselves.

It is in those quick moments that we reevaluate the connections that we make in our lives. When the nostalgia starts to pass, we continue breathing, we continue what we're doing, and we go on with our lives. We are just reminded for a quick moment that in times that we feel sad or bitter about things there are more beautiful moments that we have to look forward to.

That all life is just a process of letting go. That sooner or later we have to choose to be ok, to feel wonderful again, to go about our daily lives normally all over again.

Time is magic.

They say that it is an illusion but i'm glad that someone invented this illusion. It's magic because it's the only formula that can solve everything. All the pain, sadness, and even anger just seem to evaporate through time as we go along when someone passes from our lives. It's as if they have taken it with them and they only left us with the reassuring feeling that everything is going to be ok, not right now or for sometime, but eventually it will be.

Whether the death is expected or even sudden. I strongly believe that time is the only magical fairy that can swish-swoosh our sadness, regrets, and bitterness away. Time is that guardian angel that reassures our hearts that we will feel the understanding sooner or later.

I guess we remember because we choose to. That deep in our hearts we also believe that death is an illusion and everything lives on after this whole process of "life" is "over." It's kind of beautiful to think that truly we are eternal beings.

It's hard to forget and I'm still thankful that this is a trait innate to all of us. Not all things are meant to be forgotten and when they are remembered we just feel thankful that we are experiencing that moment.

For the ones who are left and the ones who have passed, the journey is still long and we must move on.

Bon voyage!

Just A Thought

Remembering the Good

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