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WHAT DOES THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO MEAN TO YOU?
This week I’ve been asking a lot of my clients to think about this and it’s amazing when pushed what they actually do start to consider. Some initially said ‘well I’ve not really thought about it’ or ‘not much to be honest, it doesn’t affect me’. In every case with a little nagging from me they do start thinking about it. I believe we all should — so I’m asking you what does the 75th anniversary mean to you and should it mean anything at all?
If these men and women had not fought, suffered and many died our world, our country, our society would be completely different. You may not have the freedoms we take for granted. We may be more bigoted, more racist, more controlled. A world dominated by that would-be tyrant and his allies — how would a great life have come from that? What kind of society would we live in now? Take a time to pause and just be grateful for what we do have, however imperfect. For we stand on the shoulders of those men and women. It’s a fallacy to think otherwise.
This commemoration means a lot to me — not because I’m a veteran so I know what it’s like entering an arena of real world conflict. I don’t come from a military family, though I completely respect those who do. It means a lot to me because being brought up in the 1960s, the Second World War and its impact resonated with…
