Spiritual Healing For An Over Fifty

When once upon a time one had to knock at your friends door to see if they were in because your parents had put a cap on the phone bill to stop you ringing  ....
When you recycled your bottles of pop for pocket money, a halfpenny for your fruit salad chew and you couldn't resist a black jack that turned your tongue blue ..   
When your first job was picking fresh organic field mushrooms for the local grocery , a Tuppence a punet was plenty ....
When you helped the elders of your community across the road because their glasses were stuck together with sticky tape balanced on their nose ......
When your friend called Cyril the dog taught you to swim in the river and the sea and you adventured in  the pond on your makeshift barrelled boat , your spirit was free swinging on a rope amongst the river trees ...
When it was safe to walk to the park through your village , your community ,and you know you felt  safe  because everyone knew , you see ...
When the day finished off with scraps wrapped in The Sun newspaper shared amongst your friends whom you spent climbing trees navigating yourselves scumping apples over the old mans private fence ...

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Date: 10/16/2022 12:51:00 PM
it is sad that today's youth can no longer enjoy those kind of simple freedoms.
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Date: 8/18/2022 11:23:00 AM
Fewer remember the days when it was safe for children to play outdoors! Aloha!
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Daisy Reilly
Date: 8/18/2022 6:07:00 PM
Hey ....We rarely see children out on their own together ...no more kicking the football on your street in the middle of the town where the history of great football , the story of sporting legends began ...
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