What Three Generations Have Seen

I was rereading one of my favorite books the other day called,

"How to Build a Fire And Other Handy Things Your Grandfather Knew!" By Erin Bried.

Afterwards,

I started reminiscing about my own
Grandfather
on my
Mother's
side of the family.

I often told my kids,
when they were still young enough to be amazed by my stories on life,
that my
Grandfather
and
Grandmother
were born in the year of 1904.

Only thirty-nine years after the
Civil War
ended,

one year after the
Wright Brothers
flew their
heavier-than-air powered aircraft,
and four years before
Henry Ford
made it possible for the
average
Joe & Josephine
to own an affordable car.

My
Grandfather
lost a hand in a farming accident when he was a young lad.

He never let that stop him from getting
Married,
Having Four Kids,
becoming
Vice-President
of a company whose sales were nation wide

and becoming a local
Politician
in the city he planted roots in for his new family.

My kid's
Great Grandfather
and
Great Grandmother
were born in families who were still using the
"Horse & Buggy"
for transportation.

They lived through two
World Wars,
the
Great Depression,
and were alive during the height of the
Cold War.

Saw medicine grow from its infancy,
to the fit teenager it became in the 1960s.
Where
School Immunization
almost wiped away certain diseases,
like
Polio.
Where the
Life Expectancy
of an individual became longer than 65 years of age.

Saw the majority of
Americans
buying their first cars.
To seeing a man walk on the
Moon.

They listened to a radio,
which brought the
"News of the World"
that much closer to home.
To watching pictures beamed directly into their home,
first through a
Black & White,
then a color
TV Set.

There were a lot of changes that happened during their lifetime,

there has been a lot of changes during my parent's lifetime,

and there is a lot which has happened to the world in my lifetime.

  Certainly,

there is going to be a lot of changes to the world,
in my
Children's Lifetimes.

So,

to help cope with this,

know that,

Change Is Inevitable.
Change Is Exciting.
Change Is Good.
Embrace Change,
Then You Will Never Be Left Behind In Life!

I used to say these words to myself every morning,
before I went to work.
I did this after I noticed that I was wishing that the
World
wouldn't change
and things would remain the same.

Once my mind
"Changed"
and I embraced
"Change,"
life became so much more fun

and interesting!

This is,
My Mantra Is Embracing Change In The World For The Better
Jim Hauenstein

 

And

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
- Mahatma Gandhi -

 

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

 

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