Don't bring me anything but trouble..

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

Dr. Wayne Dyer

From my bank newsletter:

GOOD NEWS – Seven seriously good things about the world today that people sometimes overlook.

05.29.12

This is the season for commencement addresses, the period that spawned the famous Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford address, or this recent one by Neil Gaiman (both links well worth your time). Here are some excerpts from this year’s brood, one in particular.

Peace. It may not seem this way, but it’s the first time, maybe ever, that large developed countries are not at war with each other. The number of people dying from war and terrorism is down 50% from the 1990’s, down 75% from the five decades previous, and far more from before that.

Growth. In 1980, 60 countries were growing faster than 4% per year. It peaked at 120 in 2007, but even now it’s at 80.
Poverty. Poverty has been reduced more in the past 50 years than in the previous 500 years, according to the United Nations.

Health. Life expectancy is rising dramatically (up 25 years in China alone over 50 years), with better hygiene, better lifestyles, better medicine, and better reaction to pandemics. Remember the H1N1 virus that was going to wipe out 60 million people?
Technology is allowing us a higher quality of life. Complain all you want, but most people wouldn’t give up their smartphones for anything, and the advancements are happening faster than ever.

Education. We’re more educated than ever, especially women. College graduates have risen four times over in 40 years for men, seven times over for women.

Economy. And finally, this did not turn into the second Great Depression, despite what we’ve repeatedly heard, and continue to hear. We should get some credit for that.

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I attribute my success to this:
I never gave or took an excuse.

Florence Nightingale

Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.

 Charles F. Kettering