For those of us with an inward turn of mind, which is another name for melancholy introspection, the beginning of a new year inevitably leads to thoughts about both the future and the past.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!
One can't help but be a bit melancholy when you see how the world has changed, and I don't mean that nostalgically.
With thoughts of the past and concerns about the future, we rob ourselves of a full experience of the present.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
Very often, as I wander through life, I'll get that old feeling that I've come back from the future, and I'm living in the past. And it's a really horrible feeling.
All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.
There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something that has not yet occurred. They are the pain of hope, the helplessness of hope, and finally, the surrender to hope.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking.
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