CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1940's, 50's, 60's 70's
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they
carried us.
They took aspirin and ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin.
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured
lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets
and when we rode our
bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took
hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat
belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a
van - loose - was always exciting and great fun.
We drank water from the garden hose or tap and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from
one bottle or can and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and
drank cordial with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all
day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were
O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the
hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a
few times, we learned to solve the problem .
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, No video games at all, No
99 channels,No Pay TV,
No cable, No DVD movies or surround sound.
It's crazy! We even had
No mobile phones, No text messaging, No personal
computers, No Internet or Internet chat rooms..........
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits
from these accidents.
We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the
worms did not live in us forever.
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were
told it would happen, we didn't poke out anyone's eye.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the
bell, or just yelled for them!
Local teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to
learn to deal with disappointment.
Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was
unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem
solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation
and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and
responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all!
And YOU are one of them!
