Nostalgia is a liar. It edits the film of your life. It cuts out the pain, the boredom, and the struggle, and leaves you with a "highlight reel" that makes the past look perfect.
We retreat into nostalgia when we are afraid of the future.
We say, "Things were better back then." But were they? Or were you just younger and less aware? Living in the past is comfortable because it is already written. The future is unwritten, and that terrifies us.
But you cannot drive a car by staring into the rearview mirror. You will crash.
The Wolf does not mourn the hunt from last winter. It does not sit by the bones of old victories. It hunts today. It survives today.
Stop polishing your old trophies. They are heavy, and they are anchoring you to a version of yourself that no longer exists. Put them down. Look forward. The prey is ahead.