RISE AND SHINE

GOOD MORNING, DELAWARE COUNTY!

Whether its sitting in the newsroom, getting a cup of coffee or walking down the street, I hear people say: "It's not like it used to be."
My reaction is always the same: "The world's not like it used to be."
Case in point, while growing up the first thing I did each morning was reach for the newspaper to see how the Phillies/Sixers/Flyers did the night before.
Now, all you have to do is turn on the television or click on the Internet to find out the answer.
The newspaper might still be on the front steps, but it's not the first place anybody looks anymore.
Hey, if you can grab your iPhone and get an entire report, including video, of late games or election results or traffic problems, than so be it.
Yeah, the world's not like it used to be.
Here's another thing, it used to be a community group (be it school or neighborhood) would band together to put on an event.
Schools had parent groups, but they worked in conjuction with the schools to put on dinners, plays, whatever. Neighborhoods got together for block parties, Christmas parties, Easter egg hunts. It was a chance to see everybody and, well, just talk.
Now, everybody stays cooped up in the house, then jumps in the car to head ... whereever.
The school thing really has me perplexed. Somebody I know has decided to help out with an event and needs just a minimal amount of help from teachers and administrators. Yet, helping out now seems to be a no-no.
Here's the biggest difference in the world. People used to have a stake in what was going on. You wanted to make things the best, be it work or play.
Now, it's easier to just sit around and complain. Clock in, clock out, go home.
To me, that's a sad thing.
We all wish for a simpler time:


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