2014 ----- Invest in Others

Our society changes daily as the Greatest Generation shrinks in numbers and are no longer around to guide us.

My Dad’s goal was to reach the age of 90. He reached his goal.

He was part of the greatest generation.

He was raised during the depression.

He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in aeronautical engineering.

His professional career was with one company for 36 years – Boeing.

He graduated with his aeronautical engineering degree on June 1, 1942 and was inducted into the U.S. Air Corps on June 2, 1942.

He spent most of his World War II tour on the island of Tinian in the South Pacific.

An island only 3 miles wide and 12 miles long with 100,000 men and hundreds of

B-29’s. Eventually, the Enola Gay launched from Tinian Island and the war soon came to an end.

I can’t imagine the sacrifice my parents and grandparents made during those times.

I can’t imagine graduating from college one day and joining the military the next day.

My Grandfather was a Colonel in the US Army Signal Corps during WW I. His memorabilia are in the archives of the Oklahoma State Air Museum. I know this through my Dad as he talked about his childhood, the depression, and the war.

Talk to a member of the greatest generation and learn their story, understand their pride, and instill their patriotism in the next generation. Invest in others in 2014.

As the greatest generation shrinks in numbers, have you passed along their memories to your children? 

Have you modeled your values after their values?

Did we inherit a better way of life from the greatest generation from when they took control?

Are we following suit or have we changed our way of life to satisfy a few rather than stay strong for the many?

How will our children know what freedom really means? 

We will make our county great again by investing in others and not expect anything in return. Individual greatness no matter how insignificant is better to be passed on to the next generation rather than think our federal government officials have the answer – remember they caused the problem.  

The responsibility of our generation is to teach the next about our own history and the sacrifice made by the greatest generation in preserving our freedom. Invest in others in 2014.

Have we changed our culture to satisfy a few rather than retain values of the many? We need to invest in others in 2014 by passing along what we know as being right and not what is political correct.