[expat]

If I compare what I have with what my father had at my age, I am a long way in front materially. I doubt I'm better off financially or emotionally. And he went to war at 16 (lied about his age) and got shot down 7 times flying Lancaster bombers over Europe.

He is in the final years of his glorious life and is a happy, contented man. He will rest in peace. If I make it to his age, I wonder whether I'll rest as easily as he will.

I think my point is the emotional stress of life today may be greater than previously. To coin a phrase, life was simpler then.