I was randomly reading and I came across these :
We had no seatbelts, no airbags and sitting in the back of a truck was a treat…
Our baby prams had the most georgeous lead based colours…
Cycling was like a breath of fresh air…
no safety helmets, knee pads or elbow pads, with plenty of cardboards between spokes to make it sound like a motorbike… and we were fearless on our bikes even when the brakes failed going downhill…
We were showing off how tough we are, by how high we could climb trees & then jumping down…. It was great fun….
We had no mobile phones, but we always managed to find each other….
How? no one knows…
We lost teeth, broke arms & legs, we got cuts and bruises and bloody noses…. nobody complained as we had so much fun, it wasn’t anybodys fault, only ours
We ate everything in sight, cakes, bread, chocolate, icecream, sweet sugary drinks, yet, we stayed skinny by fooling around.
And if one of us was lucky to find a 1 litre coca cola bottle we all had a swag from it & guess what? nobody picked up any germs...
We did not have Play Stations, MP3, Nintendo’s, I-Pods, Video games, 99 Cable TV channels, DVD’s, Home Cinema, Mobile phones, Home Computers, Laptops, Chat-rooms, Internet, etc ... BUT, we had REAL FRIENDS!!!!
We played with sticks and stones, played cowboys and Indians, doctors and nurses, hide and seek, soccer games, over and over again…
When we failed our exams we were given a second chance by simply repeating the same grade…without visiting psychiatrists, psychologists or counselors…
We had freedom, success, disappointments and responsibilities...
Most of all, we learned to respect others…
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The question posted was “How did one survive?”
Different generation, time is changing, people are evolving, expectations are revising, etc.. I have to acknowledge all these.
Somehow I still enjoy more simplicities.
Or perhaps my simple mind can no longer handle the complexities. Heh.
Or perhaps …
我就是向往《单纯的美》。
可是，我却早已复杂化了。
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