Almost every person

At some point 

Will express a desire for 

"The good ol days"

For simpler times

Where things were better

Easier

Or superior to now.

Whether referring to

   Technology

   Food

   Music

   Values, or even just

   Rent prices

It's all the same thing, at its core.

This desire is totally natural,

And it's not what we think it is.

Driving it 

Is a feeling of unsafety,

Uncertainty,

Or unbelonging in this current time

And a wishing for a different time 

In which they felt safer,

More able to navigate their perceived world

More in control.

Where they understood their world

And felt understood in it.

So if you hear someone yearning for "the good ol days,"

Feel the Come-From of this statement,

And respond to that, rather than the words themselves

And watch the person's heart

Begin to feel understood.