Spring---nostalgia

As the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months, eventually, the spring is here. While I’m flipping through the pages of my notebook, the notes I took in 2008 come into my sight. “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our heart. And we are never ever the same.” Is this true? I don’t know exactly, but I just feel it’s gonna be like that in terms of both friendship and relationship.

These days I feel I get a little nostalgic. Last month I paid a visit to my university with my friend. Each spot there is so familiar yet a little strange for me: the library, the teaching buildings where I used to self-study, the sinking square where we used to have our English corner, the cafeteria, the school clinic where I used to turn to when I was not feeling very well before the exams, the playground where I used to have my morning-reading or morning exercises, the dorm I have stayed for so long.. I missed that period of time badly. Whatever they are, laughter, tears or embarrassment, they just refresh me the same way.

Last weekend when I went to my former working unit, the surroundings there touched me once again. The life there was once so enjoyable and relatively free for me, but I chose to leave. I was once so brave and resolute for my decision. I almost forgot that me. Until now it has almost been one year since I schemed to leave there, I do not feel regretful for my move at that time, but I just feel sorry that I did not cherish that period of time in my life or make the best of it. Anyway, it was the first year since I’ve graduated from the university. Everything off the college is way different. It marks a brand-new start--- my teaching career.

Last night, I browsed through my old photos, stretching from my freshman year to my working days. They once again touch a chord in my heart and maybe it’s the very reason why I just feel motivated to express myself this way in this essay. Time flies! I’ve grown up, not that student-like, not that care-free, not that simple-minded, not that.. and I no longer take everything for granted, no long dare to idle away my time, no longer have that many unrealistic dreams and I begin to become more down-to-earth…For better or for worse, that is what the growing-up is like.