Take time to Remember the Importance of History.

Now that Halloween is over I bet you think my next post will be about Christmas... this time you will be mistaken. There is something very important that happens before the decorating starts, something so important that without it, we may not have been so merry.

Do you know? Do you understand what I am talking about?

The important date is November 11. 

Remembrance Day.

No I do not just mean November 11, 2015, but rather November 11, 1918. The Armistice of November 11, 1918, also known as the Armistice of Compiegne, was the agreement that ended the fighting on the western front and marked a victory for the allies, the end of the First World War.

As you well know this was not the only war, nor was it the most memorable one to date, and unfortunately it will not be our last. However, it does have a positive living legacy, many actually, but the one I wish to speak about today is Remembrance day and the Remembrance Poppy that has been used since 1921 to commemorate fallen soldiers.

I do not want this to be a sad post or a morbid one, but more of a sombre post with a positive message. In today's world where we have freedom, beauty and the ability to find history at our fingertips, I have begun to notice that this ability has somehow diminished the importance of the devastating and pivotal moments of our history.

I realized recently that each generation changes bit by bit, but I feel as if my generation has been a huge turning point in our perception of history. History. The history of a family, of a civilization and of the world used to be the way that we learned,  We used to learn from stories, traditions and most importantly, we learned from our elders. We gained wisdom from their experience.

I feel as if this has changed. It is hard to see how it wouldn't have changed, with the speed that technology has advanced in the recent past. We now look to the future; we look to what we can do better, how fast we can get there, and what more we can change. Please don't get me wrong, this is fantastic and progress is how we grow as people and as a culture. However, it is also just as important to remember those who helped to get us to where we are today.

Without the people who sacrificed their lives and those who fought and lived to help rebuild our lives back home; well... without them, the world as we know it would be a very different place.

So all I ask of you is to take a moment every now and then and remember. Remember not only the soldiers of war and the lives they impacted, but remember your own legacy and that of your family's. Remember where you come from, because it will help you grow towards who you will become.

This Wednesday November 11, 2015 at 11 am. Take a moment out of your busy day to honour our history and to keep alive a memory that survives through each new generation.

Lest we forget

-xo-