There are many changes that has occurred in the nearly 70 years of living and this is just a few ways that I personally have had to adapt to a more civilized society. Although this is a personal testimony, most folks that have lived a similar length of time have had to undergo change in varying degrees as well.
After I was a teenager the electric company brought power to our neck of the woods. We had electricity installed with a single light hanging from the ceiling in each room and a few plugs. I remember the first time we turned on a bulb. It was so bright compared to our coal oil lamp and I thought it was a marvel!
Slowly we started getting small appliances to use the electric power and the first one I remember was a coffee pot. I thought they would simply plug the pot in and it would magically make coffee, but when I found out that you had to add the water and coffee and it just perked water through the grounds; my thoughts of magic was shattered.
It was not until I left home at 16 that I had inside plumbing and running water. Up to then we drew our water and walked a path to our outside toilet. What an uncivilized bunch of folks we were! But you know what? I have always been thankful that I was raised up in that environment, because now I can appreciate what we have today!
I suppose the greatest change is the technology boom that has happened in the years since I have left the farm and family. We had really no technology, but now it has advanced to gigantic proportions. I have actually embraced and have learned to use much of the technology that is available today.
I consider myself to have adapted and am almost a civilized person in our society now. Just something to think about!
