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Saturday, 4 March 2017

I'm a Demographic Statistic

That's me - Woman, Baby Boomer, 60's hippy, Retired, Pensioner, Home Owner, Widower, Financially Secure. Costing the NHS because of several chronic conditions - (having contributed all my life through National Insurance & taxes). Not working so not contributing to the GNP. Volunteering since early retirement - so actually contributing quite a lot unpaid.

How do you value a person? How important is one person in the grand scheme of things? A grain of sand maybe? How much influence / impact does one peson have on the world? Seemingly it depends on the individual and how well known they are. Fame isn't a measure of value though.

A few unusual individuals do actually make a difference - for good or for ill. My main influence on anything will have been as a teacher. Only my students can judge whether that was for good or ill. I suppose individuals also influence their family, friends & aquaintances.

It's all ripples on a pond. Each person starts a ripple which spreads out from them at the centre. The ripple can be beneficial or malign. I think the only thing we can hope for is that it's the former not the latter. If each one of us tried to do good, be kind & considerate the world would be a better place.


https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/water-intersecting-ripples-6694962.jpg 

It really feels like a battle for the survival of good over evil, hope over despair. We need more positive ripples.

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