The Good Old Days

The Good Old Days

Ah, remember The Good Old Days - I do. However, if I really think about The Good Old Days and compare it to today, I'm not sure the Good Old Days were as good as I remember them. Our brain wants to remember positive things. The brain tries it's best to suppress the negative things. 

For example, if any of you have broken a bone (I have broken three) you remember it was very painful. However, it's almost impossible to relive that pain. The brain protects us from many bad things that happened in the past by not letting us to relive a bad episode. Therefore, the brain remembers The Good Old Days as a really great time in life.

When I take a step back and truly think about the Good Old Days, I remember there were no supermarkets where I lived. To get meat I went to the butcher store. To get groceries I went to the local grocery store. To get candy I went to the local candy store. To get fish I went to the fish store or the fish market. Today, I can do all of that in one supermarket. In that sense today is better than The Good Old Days.

In The Good Old Days, I had three good restaurants (Italian, Chinese and a Deli) in a ten mile radius. Today, I have almost twenty good restaurants (with all kinds of different foods) within five miles from my home. The Good Old Days just didn't have the selections I have today. Maybe The Good Old Days weren't as good as I remember them.

In the Good Old Days, I had a car that I had to pay extra to get a radio. Back then my car got ten miles to the gallon of gas. Today, my 2016 CRV has sooo many features that driving is safer and more fun. I get thirty miles to a gallon. Soon, I won't have to drive at all because the car will take me where I want to go without me driving it. Maybe The Good Old Days weren't as good as I remember them.

In The good Old Days there was one hospital within fifteen miles of my home. Today, I have three hospitals within fifteen miles. Also, in The Good Old Days the average cure for illness was take two aspirin and call me in the morning. Today, there are so many cures for so many problems that living longer through medicine keeps getting better and better. Yah, I know the cost of health care is out of control, but given the choice I choose today over The Good Old Days.

Life was simpler in The Good Old Days and making good friends was easier, but after thinking more and more about today as compared to The Good Old Days;

I Choose Today