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| Years ago, I ran into a medical technician who claimed being our age was a good thing. We had lived through a lot of important history and were aware of it. Every now and then I think about that and list some events that have occurred during my time on earth. I can recall where I was when I learned John Kennedy had been assassinated and who told us. I was watching TV at work when the space capsule exploded. We all looked at each other, asking what was that? On 9-11 I was at work, but someone who had just come in told us the news from the radio. I remember the small talk at my first job was about men walking on the moon. That's the big dramatic stuff. We mourned the death of John Lennon, watched the news about a little place called Woodstock (if we didn't go), and and saw Marilyn Monroe sing Happy Birthday to the president. We saw the rise of personal computers (I used an IBM system 3 with the big hard disks). We watched cell phones go from mobile things the size of a large walkie talkie to flip phones that fit in our palms. Photographs went from Polaroids which could develop while you watchED (and fade in a Year) to cell phone photos that could surpass the quality of traditional cameras. CD's replaced VHS and floppy discs. We have now accepted that all computer devices, including laptops and I-pads are constantly evolving and won't last long or be supported by the makers or "the cloud". At the time, I couldn't afford an electronic organizer or blackberry, Just as well, they're already passe. Fashions have changed, even jewelry. Dance moves are new. Music is another evolving concept. During my lifetime, the first heart transplant took place in South Africa. Heart valves are now replaced. People are living longer. Dentistry has improved. Hip joints and knee joints can now be replaced. Cloning of plants and animals is possible. Crimes can be traced through DNA. Information, as well as misinformation, is available in seconds. On the flip side, insurance is more expensive, government waste is more rampant, and then there was COVID. The world as we knew it changed with that pandemic. Maybe Dickens had it right for all ages: "the best of times. . . the worst of times." Maybe it's always been this way; the human race just didn't have the media keeping them up to date. Yes, the world is changing. In some ways for the better, in some for the worse. Human nature remains the same. The earth stays on its course. We are blessed to have witnessed so much and to endure. |
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