WE’RE ACTUALLY A LOT BETTER OFF TODAY THAN THEY WERE BEFORE

Imagine being born in 1900.

When you are 14 years old WORLD WAR I begins and ends when you are 18, with 22 MILLION DEAD. Shortly after the world war, came the PANDEMIC called “Spanish Flu”, KILLING 50 MILLION PEOPLE.

You got out alive and free, and you are 20 years old.

Then at the age of 29 you survive the GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS that started with the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange causing inflation, unemployment and hunger to millions. Nazis come to power when you are at the age 33. You are 39 when WORLD WAR 2 begins and it ends when you are 45 during the Holocaust (Shoah), 6 MILLION JEWS DIE.

There will be a total of more than 60 MILLION DEAD. When you’re 52, the KOREAN WAR begins. When you are 64, the VIETNAM WAR begins and ends when you are 75.

But in today’s generation……

A person born in 1985 thinks his grandparents have no idea how hard life is with all the traffic, power interruptions and slow internet connections.
A person born in 1995 and 26 years old today believes that it is “the end of the world” when his Lazada package takes more than one week to arrive or if he doesn’t exceed 15 likes for his posted photo on Facebook or Instagram…

In 2021, many of us live in comfort, have access to various sources of entertainment at home and often have more than needed. But people complain about everything. They have electricity, phone, food, internet and a roof over their heads. Most people in the past generations lack many of these things.

Maybe it’s time to be less self-centered, stop whining and complaining about trivial things.

Maybe this present pandemic is a way of reminder.