On this Day In History
Yesterday in the “inbox” of the email associated with this blog and the related podcast there was a link “the wrap for 2023.” So… of course it had to be clicked and as it happens it was pretty much about the podcast only which is fine, however, as it happens the data used to develop the “wrap” was only from one viewing source and not the most popular one. Again, this is okay especially because it ignited the thinking process leading to this post.
You see the whole thing highlighted the past year…. What was listened to by most people, where those people were when they listened (what country—not whether you were caught in a traffic jam somewhere around detroit or in a Walmart parking lot trying to get the “child proof” cap off your antidepressants). It announced that the pod had an overall increase of 6%—thanks! Oh and as long as you are being thanked we might as well throw in that adding up the page reads and listens for the two main blogs and the podcast that have been offered over the past five years now….. the total amount of reads and listens has topped 70,000 which is just a number about 1000 more than 69,000. Nonetheless, thanks for using some of your time paying attention.
Now for the “History”
So… personally…. I read a couple blogs from time to time and listen to several podcasts regularly or at least sometimes and that will will wind up in their “wrap” I’m sure. One of these has a subject of “this day in history.” Now ever since I was a kid when there was a considerable shorter history of some things including this here United States… (when I was in school the text book was more like a pamphlet— there have been these little calendars that had a history fact on each page giving a fact about what happened (or was reported to have happened) on that day. There will be another post or podcast that gives some highlights about particular days, however, no particular day leaps out right now.. not even February 29th. So what’s impressive?
There are no blank pages!
Think about that for a minute….
All year long…every day… something significant can and will happen. Every single day someone woke up … had their energy drink (cocaCola with real cocaine perhaps and decided “I’m going to try to do this just one more time” and BINGO! They’re on the calendar!
Well we don’t have to worry about the calendar or the podcast so much as maybe adopting the mindset that today is the day that we can be part of something significant happening in our lives, in our schools, in our town, or in the drive through of Mcdonald’s . —and if not today then tomorrow for sure….
….and the cool thing is…. When a lot of the things in this “On this day” calendar happened the people involved weren’t thinking—“I’m going to be on a podcast in 2023”… they were likely just thinking what I”m doing is something towards this or that purpose and so they did it. Oh and sometimes it was just an accident that they noticed could have a positive impact.
Now Peace and Joy on this day in history?
Well first it’s your history or more important to note all of history was something that happened in the present at that time. Sometimes the person doing it knew it might be historic like when Armstrong walked on the moon, but there was a lot about that day or the events leading up to it that had to happen on some day like the day the Apollo crew had training on how to go to the bathroom in space… after all no one had ever taken a leak on the moon before either so it was one small piddle for man and one giant. Leak for mankind on that day I tell ya…
So.. to sum up… this is your day in history put something on your calendar!… You make a difference and often. Someone else will benefit
Also will you please remind these “year in review” people that there is a whole month left in the year and something important will happen every day.
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