2011 was a year that had its standout moments. Some of the most noteworthy events in 2011 involved people dying, like Kim Jong Il or Elizabeth Taylor. Whether people are considered good or bad, the media takes time to reflect on who they were and why their lives mattered. Of course all lives matter, but it’s only after death that one can be measured by what attention their passing receives.
While despots and icons of the golden age of movies passed on, countries suffered economic crisis, war, and natural disaster. It happens every year. In 2012 we will likely see more of the same. We survived blizzards, floods, extreme heat and nuclear power plant meltdowns. We can survive more of the same, as long as we remember that history goes on, from one crisis to another, and we are just witnesses that pass on what we see before we, too, stand up to the tape measure of why our lives mattered.
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