Watched an interesting program about nostalgia last evening. The premise was that many older persons(defined as anyone older than I am) prefer the past to the present. They see their earlier days as ones that were filled with values that have faded ,and in their views we as a society have lost a great deal.The past has value, but I think that there is a romantic layer in the view over our shoulders. There certainly were wonderful memories ,but there is also a tendency to embrace the entire period.I do not believe that we are worse off as far as values, and the human experience always has benefits and challenges. Life is a progression, and accepting the challenges that are now front and center does not warrant a return to the past.There is resident in life today as many pluses as in the past, and certainly as many negatives. I choose to see that today there are opportunities that were unimaginable when I was a child, and there is no paucity of terrific human beings . My choice is to see the glass as half full with the possibility that I can fill it to the brim.