{"id":5466,"date":"2009-07-27T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/07\/we-survived.html"},"modified":"2009-07-27T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T15:40:59","slug":"we-survived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/07\/we-survived.html","title":{"rendered":"We survived…"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/b>A friend sent this to me … and I think it might come from Jay Leno. Anyway …<\/p>\n

TO <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE<\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\n
\n<\/span><\/font>1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong> <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nFirst, we survived being born to mothers who <\/font><\/font><\/span><\/font> took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\ntuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nThen after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n


\n<\/font><\/span><\/font> <\/span><\/font>
\nWe had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode 
\nour bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.<\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\n
\nAs infants & children, <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nwe would ride in cars with no car seats, <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nno booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nRiding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nwas always a special treat.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nWe drank water 
\nfrom the garden hose and not from a bottle.<\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\n
\nWe shared one soft drink with four friends,<\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\n from one bottle and no one actually died from this.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nWe ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nWe drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nAnd, we weren’t overweight. <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nWHY?<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nBecause we were 
\nalways outside playing….that’s why!<\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\n
\nWe would leave home in the morning and play all day, <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nas long as we were back when the 
\nstreetlights came on.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nNo one was able 
\nto reach us all day. And, we were O.K.<\/font><\/span><\/font> 
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nWe would spend hours building <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\nour go-carts out of scraps <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nand then ride them down the hill, only to find out <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nwe forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n a few times, we learned to solve the problem.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\n
<\/span><\/font>

\n <\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s, <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nno cell phones, 
\nno personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. 
\nWE  HAD  FRIENDS<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/strong> 
\nand we went outside and found them!<\/span><\/font> 
\n<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nWe ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nand the worms did not live in us <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nforever.<\/span><\/font> <\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nWe were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nmade up games with sticks and tennis balls and, 
\nalthough we were told it would happen, <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nwe did not put out very many eyes..<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nWe rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nknocked on the door or rang the bell, or just 
\nwalked in and talked to them. <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nLittle League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nThose who didn’t had to learn to deal 
\nwith disappointment.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nImagine that!!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong> <\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nThe idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nwas unheard of. <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nThey actually sided with the law! <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nThese generations have produced some of the best <\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nrisk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nThe past 50 years 
\nhave been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.<\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nWe had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nand we learned how to deal with it all. 
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nIf YOU are one of them? <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\nCONGRATULATIONS!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong> <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\n
<\/span><\/font>

\n <\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

You might want to share this with others  <\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\nwho have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the 
\nlawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n for our own good<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nWhile you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know<\/font><\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font>
\n how brave and lucky their parents were.<\/span><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n
\n<\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/font>
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