Why?

I am constantly opening Facebook to see: When I was young we, or 50 words that say you're old, or  And we survived.

Programs constantly tell us how to redecorate our homes. change our landscape, update our curb appeal.

And the common denominator I take from everyone of these is: Change means money.

People pay for articles. People charge for redecorating. People selling furniture, paint and wall paper only benefit from the change that uses their products.

There is nothing wrong with change unless you are doing it under pressure to be cool.

There is also nothing wrong with being old, or older, but there is also nothing inherently sacred about it either. Just because you did something, or did not, does not mean anything really, except it was your way.

Classical good taste is timeless. If you love something why change it?

In my day we didn't wear bike helmets, or elbow pads, or walk to school up hill both ways. We still died of polio, went deaf and blind due to measles and I wouldn't go back there for a hundred reasons. My head is not stronger for being unprotected and my education is not stunted because I didn't struggle to get to school.

Wake up folks. Most of these articles are simply space fillers. Enjoy them if that's your gig, but don't take them seriously.