"As life becomes increasingly complex. . . "I'm curious -- raise of hands, here -- how many of you actually believe that life has become increasingly complex? Huh? What does that even mean?
Seems to me, nowadays we have this sense of superiority that our lifetime is the most difficult one ever lived. Why do we think that?
A friend of mine said the other day that most races feel that their history of hardships was most difficult and that every other race's difficulties were nothing compared to theirs. I agree, although I know, in the grand scheme of things, "my people" have had it relatively good.
Point is, I think the same goes for generations. I mean, does our generation really have it that bad? Is life really more complex now than it was for the
Lost Generation when everything they thought they knew was turned upside-down? Or is life more complex now than it was during, say, British rule in Ireland in the 1600s? Or is it more complex now than when people had to actually kill or gather their own food, when daily life was a struggle just to survive?
Why do we think we're so above every other generation? Why do we think our life is more complex? I'm telling you now, doomsdayers and naysayers (not that you, the reader are either of those things), we've got it good. Really good. And even if life is more "complex" now, it's
good complex -- it's a complexity brought on from countless possibilities and opportunities.
