I am requesting your input
I am requesting your input
I have a question to put before you.?In an attempt to explain the question, I expect I will ramble, but I request that you put up with me as I attempt to present this question.?
There are many aspects of life in this day and age that are significantly different than when I was a teenager.?And while I appreciate the benefits that have come with many of these changes, I also find many new or perhaps new to me issues.?Bullying, for example, in my day bullying was a guy shoving you in a locker or stealing your lunch money.?Yes, he would get in your face and make you wish you had stayed home but it was a physical issue with minimal psychological additions.?Today bullying appears to be the exact opposite.?To the degree that if a child simply says, “they will not play with me”, that is bullying.?Obesity is through the roof in America.?Now, I am not talking about being overweight, I am talking about being health-endangering overweight.?Two very different things.?The physical test required to enter a military academy is very similar to the test we took in Highschool.?Most of us in my sophomore class passed without real issues.?Today a child who has spent most of their life involved in organized sports and is generally active has difficulties passing.?
So here is the question I am trying to ask, are our lives actually better?
I enjoy using a computer to address you today, as without it and the internet, most if not all of you would never read this.?But has it removed me from contact with others as this method is so easy??This morning I did not have to cure leather, make a saddle, and gentle a horse in order to get to work.?I also did not do that as a teenager, but I expect most of you will get my point.?
Life is easier than it was, that is true! But is it better?
I grew up in multiple countries, so I was never involved in the general aspects of America.?I knew the advantages available when I was back in country, but they were never the focus of my life.?
Each of us has our own unique upbringing, with our own experiences.?So, I am honestly asking, is life better, or simply easier?
Praying for you to have a great day.?