Yes. It's true we all mostly know how to be stoic. But, most of you didn't grow up in the 1950s surrounded by the stoic people who had survived the Great Depression and World War II. Both my parents finished high school during the Great Depression. My Dad was valedictorian of his 1934 Class in the Seattle area then when he graduated High school. So, between my father, my mother and all 4 of my grandparents I heard more than I wanted to hear about the Great Depression AND World War II. So, I saw first hand what being stoic did to people then.
So, yes. We can all be stoic with a stiff upper lip but it also has a cost in our sanity and how long we live too usually. So, learning to laugh at adversity might be a better choice and how to make jokes about difficult situations is a good choice too. And generally having enough compassion for ourselves so we don't have a stroke or heart attack from it all like many people I knew of did during World War II and the Great Depression.
Because before coronavirus is done we all likely are going to think of it more like World War II than anything else from the millions of people dead around the world. I figure (unless we get a vaccine by Fall) that we likely will lose between 50 and 100 million people by this time next year worldwide.
And just like after the Great Depression and World War II everything changed, everything is changing to something completely new this time too.
Thank God for the Dragon Rocket taking the astronauts into space today. At least we have one thing positive to think about.
By God's Grace
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