We no longer join clubs like the Rotary and Kiwanis. We avoid groups which call us to work together for the benefit of our neighbor. Bowling is still a popular sport, but bowling leagues have trouble filling teams. I sometimes think that the worst invention of the last century was the automatic garage door opener. That and the back yard deck which replaced the front porch.
People now come home and enter their house without seeing and being seen by neighbors.
We are withdrawing from the groups that allowed us to invest in our communities. We have stopped caring enough to holler when we see something that needs work. This past week I read an article about the first people in the world who, blind from birth, underwent successful cataract surgery. You can imagine the wonder with which they saw for the first time-the world. Seeing color and shape and size.