{"id":1358,"date":"2020-03-29T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2020-03-29T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T21:52:00","slug":"just-what-the-world-needs-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/2020\/03\/29\/just-what-the-world-needs-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Just What The World Needs Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the midst of this epidemic, has your faith in mankind been restored?&#8230; at least a little bit? I mean&#8230; people are kinder&#8230; gentler toward each other. Every day&#8230; almost every minute you see some act of kindness. People are giving of themselves to others. Throughout time, ordinary people have stepped up to do extraordinary things&#8230; ordinary people becoming extraordinary heroes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you read on, click on the Youtube link below and let it play in the background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What the World Needs Now - for Virtual Orchestra\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QagzdvzzHBQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read more about this video and music at the bottom of the page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s hero doesn\u2019t fit the mold we\u2019ve come to expect&#8230; or do they? We\u2019ve come to expect a hero to be someone in uniform that goes into danger. But take away the uniform and what do you have? A mostly ordinary person who is put in a situation and decides they are going to make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually, it isn\u2019t the Generals, Police, or Fire Chief leading the way into danger. More often than not it\u2019s the low ranking, low paid \u201csoldier\u201d down in the trenches. Today\u2019s soldier is the one that delivers your mail, packages, or groceries to your door. It\u2019s the truck drivers delivering TP to your store. (Hurry up&#8230; I\u2019m almost out.) They are taking a chance exposing themselves when the rest of us are \u201chunkered down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those that are wearing uniforms are still out there too. The\nmilitary, police and firefighters are still on duty&#8230; answering the call in\nthe face of new danger. Then too, some are wearing uniforms we don\u2019t ordinarily\nthink of as \u201csoldiers.\u201d Nurses, doctors, orderlies are especially on the \u201cfront\nlines.\u201d They are the soldiers in the middle of the battle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of them will say, I was just doing my job&#8230; or it was\nthe right thing to do. Today, in every walk of life, we see people stepping up\nto do the right thing. Sometimes it\u2019s rich people donating their time and\nmoney, but more often than not it\u2019s the everyday people that are out there \u201cin\nthe trenches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the deepest, darkest and desperate times of World War II in Great Britain, their Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a speech telling the people it would be remembered as their \u201cfinest hour.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps this will be the world\u2019s finest hour. I have seen\nmore good in mankind in the last couple of weeks than I have seen in a long\ntime. It\u2019s not just here in the US&#8230;\nit\u2019s all around the world. People are helping out any way they can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People are working together in ways that we couldn\u2019t imagine\njust a few weeks ago. There\u2019s the neighborhood that all go out to say the \u201cPledge\nof Allegiance\u201d with their kids in the morning. Neighbors throw impromptu\nbirthday parties for little kids by driving around in their cars and trucks\nhonking their horns. People everywhere are doing what they can to make a\ndifference. They are looking out for each other. While having to remain apart,\nthey are coming together <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Keep it up humans.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music for \u201c<strong><em>What the World Needs Now<\/em><\/strong>\u201d was written by Hal David (Lyrics) and Burt Bacharach (Music) in the summer of 1965. It became a \u201ctop 40\u201d hit. This video version is the \u201cbrainchild\u201d of Shelbie Rassler, a student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. The video below from the March 29 \u201cSunday Today,\u201d tells about how she and her fellow students came together to put together the video. It is yet another example of people coming together in ways we couldn\u2019t imagine just days ago. (By the way&#8230; seems the music of the 60s is still holding up pretty well.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Berklee Students\u2019 Touching Musical Message Goes Viral | Sunday TODAY\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PnGius4F_fg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the midst of this epidemic, has your faith in mankind been restored?&#8230; at least a little bit? I mean&#8230; people are kinder&#8230; gentler toward each other. Every day&#8230; almost every minute you see some act of kindness. 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