Growing Up In The 50's

I was born in 1947 and the bill for me was only $48. My father was in college and my mom got her maternity care through a free clinic run by the maternity hospital where I was born.

My husband was born in 1945 in the parking lot of the hospital. Apparently they just ran them inside, kept them overnight and sent them home. I do have his hospital bill and it was about $20.

But I can beat that. My daughter was born in a military hospital and the bill came to $12.75 for eight days in the hospital, one night in a hotel and a Medevac flight. I never did find out what the $12.75 was for but I didn't quibble about it.
 

Isn't that the truth Holly, yes a different planet now. Sad. But there is still a lot of beauty and goodness to be found if you shut off the TV, movies, and news media.

We just have to look a little harder and be mindful of what we feed our minds.

The apostle Paul said, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable...if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think on these things and the God of peace will be with you...Philippians 4:8
 
Lara said:



Isn't that the truth Holly, yes a different planet now. Sad. But there is still a lot of beauty and goodness to be found if you shut off the TV, movies, and news media.

We just have to look a little harder and be mindful of what we feed our minds.

The apostle Paul said, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable...if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think on these things and the God of peace will be with you...Philippians 4:8
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So True !


There is a famous little book published in 1903 about the power of thought entitled, "As a Man Thinketh"

http://james-allen.in1woord.nl/?text=as-a-man-thinketh


Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes,
And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes
The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills,
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills:—
He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass:
Environment is but his looking-glass.

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Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits;
thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry.

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MAN’S mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.

Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts. By pursuing this process, a man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. He also reveals, within himself, the laws of thought, and understands, with ever-increasing accuracy, how the thought-forces and mind elements operate in the shaping of his character, circumstances, and destiny.

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Treating others with love and compassion was a worthwhile endeavour then, just as it is now. On occasion, it seems as if no good deed goes unpunished, but I will not surrender my humanity for anything.
 
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I remember Breakstone yogurt from the 50s or early 60s! I was only a little kid then, but my older sister started eating yogurt around that time. I thought it was quite an exotic food. :)

My grandkids ride bikes, play hopscotch, jump rope, and play board games, as did my children. If parents refuse to let small children have unfettered access to TV, cell phones or video games, and introduce them to outside games, the kids will gladly play them.

For the record, most doctors and nutritionists blame childhood and adult obesity to a much larger degree on the high fat, highly processed food kids people eat today than on levels of physical activity. When meat centered meals are introduced to a culture their obesity, diabetes, and cardio vascular disease rates soar.
 
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