There is no doctrine of Christianity but what has been anticipated by the Vedas.
The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.
A cigar has "...a fire at one end and a fool at the other."
Ease up, the play is over.
Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.
Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.