one likes to accquire what is not within one's ambit. any rare thing once possessed, lost charm of having it but a thing of whatever quality till not accquired is a rare thing and so has its importance. there is a saying: distant bells are charming. the future is always more charming because that is far from the present. a man generally pines for distant objects and moments in the hope of getting imaginative pleasure.
we often discover an element of magic in the distant objects. romance vanishes as soon as the object of romance is achieved or acquired by us. the fact is the element of distance casts some magical spell on us. all human faces, and distant objects look romantic till they are at a distance. keats has so rightly said, "heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter."
