Like all of you I’m facing the fact that what seem impossible just days ago, today is my reality also, the fact this has happen a few times in my life may help in some aspects, however I’ll be the first to admit because of my rather unusual life it’s taken time and effort. In-part because I'm 73 ½ years old in all honesty healthy but battle scared, emotionally more sensitive, simply older and slower. In life I was force to fine the way forward, learn hard lesson and then attempt to live them out. Please let me say one thing, the reason the world, our country and everyones lives will never be the same is because we our all being force to learn hard lessons. It’s through hardship that humans have always learn the most, rose up to the challenges, found the best way forward finding our highest human ideal, concept, thoughts and our oneness as people so interdepend.
The Optimist Creed
Promise YourTo be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to everyone you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be to large for worry, to noble for anger, too strong for fear, and to happy to permit the presence of trouble.
The reality of this COVID-19 virus, this disaster and the pandemic it has become, it simply didn’t have to be so harmful economically, so sad with high loss of life that it is now. All virus come from animals, mutate and cross over to humans who have no immunity to it, every virus operate the same with different advantages, but always kill. We have a lot of knowledge and in-fact experience, GW Bush faced-1 Virus, Obama faced-3 Virus but science was followed. This virus of course spreads easy Yes, but we know regardless of their actions all viruses that cross over to humans must be taken very serious, actions to stop and defeat them taken immediately. Several leaders around the world failed their people (by Not take their position of responsibility serious) to care for the public health. Why, well the same old thinking of the pass, pride, greed, power, economics, and different cultures / beliefs. Today’s reality makes fun of all the nations obsession with Large Military’s, Air Craft carriers, Gun’s, budgets cutting back on needed regulation in 2020, disbanding of systems already in place to protect the people. Sorry I better leave it at that.
Yes, of the 240 million people in the USA, the fraction of those that will die is a very low number per our population, the number that will suffer throw this could be quit high and will leave an impression on many. The elderly, the poor, the homeless, those with health issues in the USA and world wide of course will suffering more. Those younger, those with means, homes with space to separate and heel up in, with back-up and money to buy food luckier, as I said in my second post in several places of the world the ability to wash your hands impossible. Having said that the COVID-19 knows no difference in your economic condiction, sex, race or belief system & politics. The point is event badly managed our country and people of the world will win over this Virus and go forward. What lesson our learn while living it our very important.
Pic-1 Is a simple incomplete chart, age has a big impact on who lives and dies, age a factor as is overall health. It’s a fact witch event the common flu shows us every year. So +60 +70 means something and is reality. As always how a society treat and care for their most vulnerable among them tells something about the society, this is an aspect of our humanity. Yes, event in this group a high percentage will recover from it, I want to say this as one of this group, if you have a belief system that provides comfort and hope thats great, it's why we have these belief systems, to my follow journeyers in life be not afraid, enjoy the smallest comforts, be Happy in your memberies as they belong only to you. Every life is meaningful and important, know your our part of a remarkable event we simply call it life.
I also want to say something to my favorite population group, Babies and their Mom’s, young Children and their Parents (these two groups) my heart yearns for this event to pass quickly as any harm that befalls you weigh's so heavy on my old heart I admit. Then their our the young becoming teens & young adults, this generation will end up being the ones who will have to become the vanguard of change, lead and push hard quit soon. All together your our future, also that of our world and spices.
Pic-2 Chosen years ago as my Logo, for me it so humbles me, the only blue planet we can see with all our technology looking light years out into space. At night when I look at the star’s I’m always reminded they our but a sun for another cluster of planets and their moons, it’s my way of comprehending the vastness if the universe.
Pic-3 Me aware and so Thankful this event happen while I was here in Vietnam. However this pandemic makes me feel strange & lucky once again. My small beautiful room near the beach, Vietnam where my second life or awareness was born 54 years ago in war. Today it’s a land where there our no gun’s in the hands of the public with the thinking (for what reason would anyone want a gun). Located on the border of China, Vietnam started reacting seriously to the news of the Virus back in January with social distancing, a proven old method when their is little information. A land of 96 million with only 241 cases, adding only 1 case today.
Pic-4 The one thing thats been proven to me over and over again in life is that everything come from our Brains and what we Think. Our position in the world as humans come from the fact we have evolved with these remarkable big brains. Of course humans our a complex being but the controlling organ is our brain, what we think. My only hope is that the right lesson our learned from this pandemic !!!
My first life changing event left me with a deep feeling of Guilt, (a guilt for being alive). It’s a dangerous feeling, often men of war make the wrong turns, choose the wrong comfort. It was shear luck I chose the way that brought me to today, of course often misunderstood. My second life changing event came at 22 year old in Hawaii on my way back to Vietnam. Naturally the event involved violence and near violence, things that add nothing to this post. I’ll will share it in my book, but Yes, my choice was not to take revenge, to not participate in hate, the reason that thought won out over other feelings was because event in war, in battle, in combat I had never acted in hate. Yes I went to war with misguided information from the country of my birth. This lesson and solution to that feeling of guilt while returning to Vietnam in 1968. The power of our minds to change our very being is something I do believe is possible and good.
Naturally a story behind this creed. At age 21, out of the hospital from wounds in war after almost a year I went home to Fort Collins, CO. I moved from the family home because I was a man, my best friends like Nancy was off to college, as was Butch Gorshing, another friend Jerry Magie was still in the air force. Jerry’s Dad, Morse Magie hired me to bar keep as he owe the (Town Pump on College avenue), the best beer bar ever that served hot dogs. He also ask me to join the Optimist Club, me a kid among these older guys. As a person I was in already deep into thoughts from the Bible, motivational speaker, (Poem’s learn and read in the hospital thanks to another friend of 51 years Joey) This creed inspired me, verbalized what made perfect sense to me.
Richard L Iverson
Remember Happiness is Oh so simple, that a grateful heart is the beginning of wisdom, that Effort is essential for anything worthwhile in life !
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