This song is one from my childhood, one that I have shared with a few people over the years. When I hear it, it inspires moments of nostalgia where I look back and think, where are they now? I say that for the singer more than anyone else, Samantha Mumba seemed to drop off the face of the Earth but then again a lot of teen artists did that too.
Your love for me came as a waterfall
Flowing inside me like never before
Your love for me, something I didn't see
But baby, I know better now
Nostalgia is one of my favourite emotions - if you can call it an emotion, as it lets you recapture the good times; but nostalgia is rather like a pair of rose coloured glasses, you see the good but the bad memories fade. You look back on good times and neglect to remember everything that went wrong - while that may help us keep a positive psyche in life it can be dangerous as we will find ourselves wanting the things we gave up and neglecting to give weight to the reasons we gave them up. Giving up Pizza because it made you feel bloated and lethargic, yet as time goes by all you remember are the delicious pizzas you had, so you go back and eat one then realise why you gave it up. It seems Nostalgia can breed the "try, try, and try again" mentality which as I have said before in previous posts, is the mark of persistence but at some point you have to stop and evaluate whether you are chasing something you can never achieve or if the means do not justify the ends - there is no point spending £1 billion on lottery tickets to guarantee 100% that you will win the jackpot which is only a few million, it's a waste of time, effort, and other resources.
So as for me and my Nostalgia, I am happy enough with my memories. I remember the good and the bad, which has lead others to say I focus on the negatives in life, I would argue however that remembering the good and the bad helps me to try and prevent myself from repeating past mistakes - whether or not I am successful in doing so is another matter entirely.
On that note I will leave you with another Nostalgia ridden track!
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