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Carol H Tucker
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the lesson of Scrooge
Today is the 6th day of the 49th week, the 9th day of the 12th month, the 344th day of 2016, and:
- Cremation Day
- Christmas Card Day -- I stopped sending out cards when Frank died, and as a result, I don't get but one or two. I save them and open them on Christmas morning
- International Anti-Corruption Day
- International Day of Veterinary Medicine
- National Pastry Day
- National Salesperson's Day
- Official Lost and Found Day
- Weary Willie Day – Emmett Kelly was born in 1898
- World Techno Day
ON THIS DAY: In 480 Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupied Dalmatia. In 1425 the Catholic University of Leuven was founded. In 1531 the Virgin of Guadalupe first appeared to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City. In 1851 the first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal. In 1854 the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was published in England. In 1907 Christmas seals went on sale for the first time, at the Wilmington, Delaware post office with the proceeds going to fight tuberculosis. In 1960 the first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, was broadcast in the UK. In1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted on CBS. In 1968 Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS). In 1979 the eradication of the smallpox virus was certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction. In 2016 NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 05 mins 39 secs of light-travel time from Earth
Today I ran across this quote: "We watch movies and TV about heroic acts by soldiers or cops, but maybe that sort of heroism isn't very relevant to modern reality. Maybe real courage is being willing to get up and face another day, and do honest work to the best of our ability despite knowing that, in all likelihood, we won't get the recognition or financial reward we deserve." ~ John F. Groom
And it struck me because it’s the truth, neh? It’s the unsung heroes, the Bob Crachtits of the world who keep the wheels turning while the politicians and leaders brag about how “we built that”. It’s the person who gets up and gets going every single morning despite the weather, despite their aches and pains, despite how they feel or think. I have always blamed the accountants for the fact that employees are listed as a cost rather than an asset on the balance sheet. As the middle class erodes and only the 1% prosper, maybe there is hope in this season that the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future will make the powers that be eschew greed and understand they do better too when we ALL profit.
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