AN OLD MESSAGE

I don't go to garage sales very often but my wife does. Sensing a need to restock our shelves with things other folks don't need, and we eventually won't either, she hit the circuit Saturday morning.
You can't be too early because the sellers won't let you in but you can't be too late either for then you miss out on the "good" stuff. She was there at the perfect moment.
She bought a small book that dealt with mostly good ideas about life and living and I don't suppose I could go wrong if I followed a few. But what intrigued me most about this book was the carefully written note on a blank page. The date was December, 1923, years before the Great Depression and WW II, decades of history ago.
It was a gentle note offering the book as a Christmas gift with the hope that the person getting it would enjoy it as much as the giver.
It was a refreshing bit of insight into a time long ago, into the thinking of someone now long gone, into what was really important in that era.
Eighty-five years from now will we find the same kinds of messages? Will we find books?