Slow down and embrace the past

Slow down and embrace the past

Today’s society is forgetting important elements of the past. Technology has advanced while simplicity diminishes. People of earlier times realized that with a little effort and some money, they could produce a lot of food for themselves and their family. Basically, plant it and walk away. Nature will do the rest, most of the time.

People had the gumption and desire to plant a food source on their property. In the summer, they would literally eat from the garden in their yard. They made the land support them at the dinner table.

Almost every yard had a food source of some kind regardless of its size. In Europe today, it still remains the same. Many people canned their harvest for winter consumption. A family affair that would gather around in the basement (cellar) with, sometimes, neighbors to help. Today, basically anywhere you go in America you won’t see a “Garden of Eden” in people’s yards.

Consider this: We all pay property taxes each year. Shouldn’t we bring some tangible rewards to our kitchen table to make it more justifiable? Today, useful facts of the past are all but forgotten.

Suppose Cain and Abel were walking past the Garden of Eden today with their father; they would probably ask him, “Father what is that place on the other side of the gate?” Adam, most likely would say to his children, “That’s where your mother once ate us out of house and home!”

Paul R. Lawson, McDonald