For a quick moment, imagine you were born in 1900. When you are 14, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday with 22 million people killed. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until you are 20. Fifty million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.
When you're 29, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, global GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. When you turn 39, World War II starts. You arenโt even over the hill yet.
When you're 41, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war and the Holocaust kills six million. At 52, the Korean War starts and five million perish.
At 64 the Vietnam War begins, and it doesnโt end for many years. Four million people die in that conflict. Approaching your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, could well have ended. Great leaders prevented that from happening.
As you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends. Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How do you survive all of that? A child in 1985 didnโt think their 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. Yet those grandparents survived through everything listed above.
Perspective is an amazing thing. With so much happening right now and as 2023 ends, let's try to keep things in perspective, knowing that we will get through all of this. In the history of the world, there has never been a storm that lasted forever. This too shall pass.
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A WINTERโS TALE
โTwas a week before Christmas
And oโer the land
A peace descendedโฆ
Except in dental practices and clinics of course. It was manic!
โI donโt want it to spoil my Christmas dinnerโ echoed oโer the UK.
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On the first day of Christmas,
My true love gave to meโฆ
Her notice.
The practice down the road offered her the head nurse job. Private. Good money
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Its 2023.William is on the throne. The funeral for Elizabeth went on so long Charles died before it ended. The queue to see his body was added to the one to see the queen and starts at Tebay services on the M6. Tmrw marks the 1st anniversary of the center parcs massacre.
On this day in 1991, INXS performed to a crowd of over 70,000 people at Wembley Stadium in a career-defining moment for the band.
๐ถ "Never Tear Us Apart"
#INXSWembley
I used to drink tons of Diet Coke but itโs been one month since Iโve had a drop.
I want to share some of the changes Iโve observed in myself over that time:
- My health is unchanged
- Iโm less happy
- My one source of joy is gone
Thanks for encouraging me on this journey!
@Paulkiely11@mrshrmanager@kevg67@TUIUK Hi yes we got the dreaded email last Wednesday confirming the holiday could not go ahead and various options to re-book or refund. We chose a refund (still waiting @TUIUK) and re-booked the same(ish) holiday with @jet2tweets. Hope yours goes ahead x
Finding out on social media that my holiday has been cancelled. Thanks @TUIUK Not due to fly until 30/06 but official confirmation and a speedy refund would be much appreciated ๐๐ผ