Thought of the Day...#5

I was recently speaking to an old family friend on facebook and we were reminiscing about the days when I was a youngster. I grew up on a street that also housed a few of my aunties and my dear old Nan..:) sounds strange but we all lived down the same road or around the corner from one another. I remember as a young girl walking along the road I would see all the houses with the front doors open and my neighbours speaking to one another in the front garden. Everyone knew each other by name and we'd all look out for one another. It was like a little community. My Dad would arrange snooker tournaments as he had a snooker table and all his friends and family would come round to play. Me and my Sisters would sit under the table picking up the balls from the pockets whilst Mum would keep count of the scores. If we were good they would let us stay up late. It was such an exciting time for us..:) I felt so safe and content back then. I had all my cousins living near by and we all went to same school. The good old days!!

I feel so old speaking like this but nowadays you're lucky if you live next door to someone you get along with. You're lucky if you know their name! Things have changed so much in the last 20 years! Imagine what it will be like in a further 20 years?! It's scary!! With all the bad things going on in the world are we doing the right thing by bringing children into it? Of course we have to re-produce..but it is a frightening thought.

I miss simplicity...myself and my two Sisters as kids didn't have a lot in regards to materials growing up but we were happy. What we lacked in toys we gained in love. We would get excited if Dad came home from work with reams of A4 Paper, we loved to draw and write. I remember my Dad would save up to buy little gifts for my Mum...he would hide the money under a loose floorboard :) It's the simple things in life!  Unfortunately my parents are no longer together but luckily for me I have plenty of good memories of them as Husband and Wife and they still get along today. That's another thing....Divorce is too easy nowadays. Whatever happened to couples sitting down and working on their problems?
What has happened to our society? If I had one wish it would be for world peace. There is so much bad going on in the world. Statistics for depression is on the rise, you rarely heard that word mentioned back in the 80's! It's a shame what has become of us. All we can do is try to be the best version of ourselves that we can be and hope that we can pay it forward so that the world becomes a nicer place to live in...not just for us for the next generation. :)  RANT OVER! x