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To say that remembering the past is useless would be to reject our heritage and cut ourselves off from a wealth of knowledge and experience. We can learn from past accomplishments, mistakes and discoveries, recalling what worked and what didn’t and why. Nostalgia then is not such a bad idea, for it is a way of keeping in touch with the past. A people that doesn't know where they've been can hardly know where they're going. But nostalgia can give us a distorted view of the past. Our memories are unreliable, influenced by attitudes and emotions — a dreary day can seem like paradise to the person in love. The past is nearly always seen in this light. The word nostalgia itself connotates a wistful romanticized view of the past. Only the pleasant and beautiful are remembered; anything that mars the idealized image is blocked out. As the years pass, a memory can become exaggerated and glamorized beyond recognition. Not only do we romanticize our own memories, we can become nostalgic about things we have not even experienced, but can only imagine, believing all old times are better than the present. This glorification of past years abounds with historical novels and television shows in the Little House on the Prairie” genre. We forget that times were harder and life shorter then, that equal rights were nonexistant and abuse of the lower class went unchecked — a lot of ugliness is hidden under the veil of nostalgia. Nostalgia in itself is of course not a bad thing. Memories can be both satisfying and encouraging, but to accept a memory as absolute truth can be misleading. The past when idealized unrealistically cannot be imitated. 17
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In days when morality is a popular word and conservatism is fashionable, it's not surprising that so much of our time and energy is spent debating issues like creation vs. evolution, abortion, sex education and prayer in public schools. Proposed legislation that signifies a movement backward to more traditional values has created irreconcilable issues all the more sensitive because they involve moral convictions and religious beliefs. After decades of old values being challenged by revolutionary ones, it seems ironic that today it is the traditional view that must fight for survival. These controversial issues are an outward sign of the tension caused by people turning their thoughts toward the past in an attempt to escape movement toward a future that threatens them. As long as a struggle between yesterday and tomorrow exists, no progress can be made in either direction. The inevitable future makes living in the past an impossibility, and minds rooted in the past cannot plan for tomorrow. Often we must choose between preserving the past or concentrating on the future. We face such a choice locally regarding the use of the State Hospital property. It seems a waste to allow the destruction of such beautiful historic buildings, yet we want to make profitable use of the land beneath them — something more practical than the preservation of the old simply because it is old. Compromises, such as new uses for the buildings, are possible. Old and new do not always have to conflict. We can remember the past and learn from it, we can plan for the future, but we can only live in the present. 18
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