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THE GREATEST GENERATION

Since I've been given this opportunity to express in ways many won't,-
 I hope it is an accurate reflection of how you may come to see things.
In other words, -
it is my sincere desire to also speak or give words to what you would write or come to understand.

May it be a blessing to all of us who enter this grand bold new adventure into the future by reminiscing briefly about the past.
To look in reverence and humility at our past and know what we cannot adequately express in word except in poetic fashion.

Let's begin by talking about the past
Those of us who have hunted, fished and experienced the terrible ravages of war and other things like it,-
(the arena of things like war that causes hating hurting and suffering brought on by miserable conditions)
 know there is much to life that can't be expressed in words.

That the sublime can be experienced in horrors such as war –
that being caught up in the power of certain conditions beyond your control can lead to a respect for life that's hard to describe.

And to live through unimaginable experiences and survive carries a weight that some find too much to bare. 
But this too is a test of the determination to live in spite of everything.

So, To those that continue to survive "in spite of life giving them a bad deal or break",
you can take a sort of pride or satisfaction in not letting life's circumstances get the best of you.

Most of us come from a heritage of a hard life, ////----
 out fathers and grandfathers of the past century only started to live life differently and not necessarily better.

Just look at what they had to endure,- 
 world wars and other conflicts that caused conditions that wouldn't be good in any sense of the word,-
 and in a way, their fathers and grandfathers had an even harder life.

Almost all of them were caught up in the struggles of life !! -
They lived and survived fighting and taking the punches life threw at them.
In the midst of all this, they produced what history says to be the largest Human population Earth has ever known.

Their life all revolved around love and hate, joy and sorrow, they all felt the full range of emotions their reality placed them in.
This left some with no reason to live except their determination to.
It's much like a statement in a song that can't be simplified more "life is made for living".
To abbreviate,  in a way you could say --
No matter how much you try that's all you've had when life's finished.

To finish this matter and speak specifically about the previous century,-
let's acknowledge our past and make a statement about our Fathers and Gandfathers, 
those that Tom classified or spoke of as the greatest generation. ///---

To those of us that grew up in the last century - I would like you to join me in remembrance of our time –
those of us that grew up sharing in the experiences of a hard life "to some extent", whether by choice or design.
(I realize it was also better- but some reading this that have never milked a cow or hoed corn might not understand)

NOW TO THE PUCH LINE OF THIS  TAKE ON THIS MATTER
I do not necessarily feel like Tom Brocaw in the respect, 
that our fathers who fought the Second World War were the greatest generation.
Even though I could feel proud about that because my father was in the Second World War and received a Purple Heart.

BECAUSE - I do not believe heroism or courage "in that respect" is the direction to go as it has before.

I BELIEVE HISTORY WILL RECORD US AS THE GREATEST GENERATION
(those that fought for peace - those that moved beyond the warmongering fools)
 because we will be the catalyst for the changes that really changed the fate of man.

--- AGAIN -- WE WILL BE THE GREATEST GENERATION ---
 because we will be the one who refused to keep killing our fellow man, -
WE WILL BE THE ONES THAT LEARNED HOW TO LIVE IN PEACE.

We will truly stand out as those who no longer needed to study war 
BECAUSE WE MOVED BEYOND WAR.
-- TO BE CONTINUED --