When change can be difficult to accept, and we lose things that were important to us, we have a tendency to look in the rearview mirror and imagine a better past.
Updated 3/4/2021 8:52 AM
Change is a powerful concept that can deliver a devastating demise or provide promising progress or both. During the losses and growth of this pandemic, we ve made rewarding connections online and in bubbles, and we ve lost loved ones, seen jobs and businesses disappear, canceled vacations, and been forced to forgo funerals, weddings and graduations.
As history plugs along, with change as its eternal passenger, we often gaze at the rearview mirror.
Throughout history, in times of stress and challenges, it s human nature to look back on the past as a place of solace, a place where you can step away from the challenges, says Dan Schoeneberg, museum administrator for the Arlington Heights Historical Museum. You compound that with COVID and a global pandemic we haven t seen in a century.
When change can be difficult to accept, and we lose things that were important to us, we have a tendency to look in the rearview mirror and imagine a better past.