You’re welcome. I’m sorry about your health problems.
“My grandmother told me when I was 12 there was a lid for every pot. She and grandpa were so very happy. Maybe I’m wrong, but it seems to me that people up until say, the 60s or 70s had it easier in the love department than today. Maybe because times were simpler.
I envy them.”
JMHO but I think folks had more realistic expectations about what life is and was back then. Hence, most husbands and wives stayed together and I think they were more content. Sadly, so many youngsters today have an unrealistic expectation of what life promises from their teachers and from popular entertainment, it’s very hard for them to realize until too late that life is not a Disney movie.
You are right about life and Disney.
Regarding health issues- it’s actually wonderful in a way. By almost dying it makes you appreciate how wonderful life is, how precious, something you take for granted, or at least something I was guilty of. That you don’t need money and the newest things to make you happy.
Today I’m happy having coffee with my mother or watching the sun rise or sun set with my cat. Having a friend come by my god child who is now in 1st grade and teaching him how to play ‘Go Fish”. I don’t know too many people IRL who still watch sun rises and sunsets.
Are you kidding me? I think you're spot on. How many times in pop culture do we show people finding their "soul mate" who go off with endless passion... pffft.
The reality is that, by nature, each of us, men and women, are intrinsically selfish to our very core. It is the one reason why porn is so appealing. Men can gratify themselves without any effort or investment whatsoever. And women demand to be catered to and endlessly treated like the jewel of the Nile.
The reality is that men and women must learn to overcome their overwhelming and innate to be selfish. This is what our parents teach us as kids as we learn to socialize. Modern liberalism has told us (incorrectly) that we can have it all! Do you see the selfishness in that? Do you see in that statement the idea that there is no need for self sacrifice?
In reality, only God can truly change the wicked hearts of men and women.