1959 Second Grade Persian Text Book

These pages of a 1959 second grade Persian text book awaken the nostalgic feelings and yearning for the days of innocence, when we were looking forward to a future of brighter days to come. Did they ever come, I am not sure, but a statement by a friend sums it up, who said the other day that he felt as if he had been living a nightmare over the past 30 years.

While I share his feelings, I believe life is a very happy voyage if it wasn't for the unhappy interruptions along the way; but for some people, the entire journey is nothing but interruptions. For me, these few lines of an old American song will do:

The book of life is brief
Once a page is read
All but love is dead
That is my belief