Dear Next Generation: ‘Reach Out a Helping Hand, and Gratefully Accept One Should the Occasion Arise’

Dear Next Generation: ‘Reach Out a Helping Hand, and Gratefully Accept One Should the Occasion Arise’
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Dear Next Generation,

When I was 19, there were nuclear warheads pointed in every direction in the midst of the Cold War. I was convinced I would not be able to see my life come to fruition because the end was near. My own mother advised: “We live through the end of the world, dear. We’re still here. Live your life. Plan for the future. Odds are, you will live to see it.”