These times are indeed vastly different and the feeling of safety anywhere, in including in my home, are gone. I don't think we actually felt safe back then because there was absolutely no danger so how could we know what "safe" was?. For example, I remember when the doorbell rang, everyone in my family would literally run to the door to find out who it was, be the first there to greet them and not even look out the peephole!. We just immediately opened the door with big smiles on our faces. That was many years ago. Today if the doorbell rings everyone inside looks around nervously, we whisper "Who could that be?" and we try to sneak a peak out a window to see who it is. What a difference! What a way to live! What in the world happened?

There are lots of people though trying to bring back, and increase, happiness and they way it used to be. I try to do it in all my social interactions but the problem is it's often not reciprocated.