RE: When Were "The Good Old Days?"

Having now reached the somewhat ripe age of 65, I sincerely doubt that my good old days are still ahead of me, but I'm also not too sure where they might be hiding in my past.

Well, I guess that to what we old folks in general are referring to when we talk about "the good old days" it simply refers to those past times when we had no major responsibilities or obligations in life and felt that we could act more freely in the face of whatever came our way without fear of the consequences of our actions.

And not necessarily because the world in general was a better place to live, but because we, as young people who were just beginning to explore life without major responsibilities or obligations given that someone else (mostly our parents) they were already in charge of providing us with a stable roof over our heads, hot food on the table, clean clothes when we needed them and some sort of good instruction, formation and education.

The simple fact of not being subjected to the daily pressures and stress of having to cook to feed us, clean our place, wash & iron our clothes and having to do something substantial to generate income to keep that "stable" roof over our heads, all of that made us feel freer and more spontaneous to explore life as we were pleased and find our goals and objectives in a more relaxed way that finally made of those days "the good old days" about which we talk so much nowadays.

Moral of the story: I firmly believe and am now fully convinced, that it is precisely those days without responsibilities, obligations nor worries of any kind, those that every human being in their adult life, nearing retirement, unconsciously longs for to reach again in order to find and enjoy of plenty satisfaction, abundance, fullness and a longer, more lasting happiness. Therefore, not having to worry about anyone, nor anyone having to worry about us, could very well has been the goal we have all pursued throughout the years, but we have almost never realized it was.