Back in the Day...

Remember when people would reminisce about "the good ole days"? They would say that things were "so much simpler and less complicated back then"? Before agreeing, I thought about it for a minute or so and I'm not so sure that I buy into that. For instance:

• Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there is no way that I could have the job that I have today.
• Before the discovery of penicillin, this nasty two week old sinus infection (that I've been medicating with prescription drugs) could be life threatening.
• Inter-racial dating and marriage for me in many states would have been illegal.
• My female co-workers would not have a legal right to equal pay for equal work.
• My education would have occurred at segregated schools.
• I would have never been able to watch the talent of Tiger Woods, because he would have never been allowed to play golf on a course.

I realize that this post might be more than a little self-serving and dramatic, but I write it to remind myself more than anyone else how blessed I am to live at this point in history. For all of the remaining -- and there are a lot of remaining -- social injustices, issues of religious intolerance, and situations of cultural turmoil, I'm very grateful to say that we're "here in the day". God help us so that 30 years from now no one wants to go back to 2005 as the best year in humanity. Hopefully, our best years are in front of us!