I have always thought that I was born about 100 years too late. I think I would have been very content to live in such austere and simple times. Our lives have become so complicated in order to be able to afford timesavers like microwave ovens and things to entertain us like televisions. Back then, people worked and enjoyed an activity simply for the doing of it--as the Amish still do. Families spent more time together because everyone wasn't going off someplace else to earn a living. I'm not complaining because I have a good life. I've just often thought that I would have been happier in a less complicated world.