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Over the last few weeks I have been enjoying rewatching Band Of Brothers on DVD. But what struck me, even more than the series, were the special features.

A few of these features included interviews with the actual Second World War soldiers featured in the series and I was taken with just how tough life was for the men. I don’t just mean while they were away at war – that goes without saying. But also either side of the war.

Many of the troops came from poor families living in rural communities trying to make ends meet through farming and so on. The lack of housing and the economic issues after the war led to poverty, severe lack of housing and so on. Rationing continued for some time after peace was declared. In the UK alone thousands of homeless families squatted in old disused military bases before being thrown out.

And this was in the 40′s and 50′s which may sound like a long time ago but really isn’t.

Fast forward to today. Healthcare is readily available and we’re living longer than ever before. Laws surround our working conditions to protect us and our health. The “American Dream” is alive and well where if you’re willing to apply yourself and work hard you can achieve amazing things. Travel is cheap and most of us take regular vacations, have exotic foods from around the world in our cupboards and regard technology like cell phones and cars as an essential part of everyday life.

In comparison to just a few decades ago, life is amazing. Even after the recession.

We’re wealthier, more free and more able to follow our dreams every day. Hundreds of people have quit their jobs to work on an online business and travel the world.

Right now, the world really is your oyster.

Have you ever thought about this? About how through simple luck of being born when you were, in the country you were, you would be surrounded by all these possibilities; all this potential?

Once you start to realize that no matter how crappy your job is right now and no matter how small your house might be you’re still part of the luckiest generation ever you not only start to appreciate what you have more but also want to make the most of the possibilities open to you.

Now is not the time to moan about the issues in your life – issues that are tiny in comparison to what your grand parents and great grand parents had to put up with. Now is the time to make the most of all that is available. That all those men fought for.

It’s time to grab life by the horns, start making positive changes and get out there to really experience life. Make the most of it. And never forget just how lucky you are.

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