People

 have told me how much better things would be for us all if we

went back

and

reclaimed a time when things were better.

 

This scene from ” The Twilight Zone ” describes 

what we should probably take into consideration

before we do that.

 

Walking Distance

written by Rod Serling

 

Robert Sloan: Martin.

Martin Sloan: Yes, Pop.
 

Robert Sloan: You have to leave here. There’s no room, there’s no place. Do you understand that?
 

Martin Sloan: I see that now, but I don’t understand. Why not?
 

Robert Sloan: I guess because we only get one chance. Maybe there’s only one summer to every customer… That little boy, the one I know – the one who belongs here – this is his summer, just as it was yours once. Don’t make him share it.
 

Martin Sloan: Alright.

Robert Sloan: Martin, is it so bad where you’re from?

Martin Sloan: I thought so, Pop. I’ve been living on a dead run and I was tired. And one day I knew I had to come back here. I had to get on the merry-go-round and listen to a band concert. I had to stop and breathe, and close my eyes and smell, and listen.

Robert Sloan: I guess we all want that. Maybe when you go back, Martin, you’ll find that there are merry-go-rounds and band concerts where you are. Maybe you haven’t been looking in the right place. You’ve been looking behind you, Martin. Try looking ahead.

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