The Best of Times

Mom and I had a conversation about being a difference in times between the 1960s and 2010s. As indeed there is. Technology boomed. The economy fell then took off then fell again and is beginning to get better. Medical practice and knowledge has increased and in most cases more helpful to people. Mom had a dear friend that committed suicide in the early 1970s. I explained that it was probably due to her depression and back then all that was done was to put them into a mental institution until the symptoms subsided and then released the patient. Now there are many many many therapies for depression. But is this the best of times? Older people cannot get proper care, insurance controls what procedures and what items are available for patients, there are hackers, looters, angry people over and over and over. And we turn from God more and more. We should be turning to Him and praising Him for the many blessings in our lives. Instead we like to blame Him for our shortcomings. May God always show us mercy.