Black Blotches On Lcd

Vows determined


I'll begin this first post of 2011 by wishing you all the best, both private and professional.

Ordinarily, I describe here the reality and the worrying trend. But yesterday was the perception of this reality by our citizens that has been revealed in a BVA poll-Gallup in 50 countries. It shows two main trends:

• People in emerging markets, little affected by the 2008 crisis, is clearly more confident about their economic future than Westerners. That makes sense, after all.
  
• Among the pessimists, the French win the prize. We are 61% (against 22% of Germans) think that 2011 will be a "difficult year". We are in the top 3 countries where people fear losing their jobs. Finally, when we asked about our personal situation, we are 37% to feel worried. This seems quite low in absolute terms, but this number is larger than those of Afghans and Iraqis !

We therefore show darker than our neighbors, which is no surprise. But one can still wonder about our sanity in common, when we see that we are more depressed than people in countries at war. Maybe it is like in our real decline: in the 30s, we had the best army in the West and we had a vast empire. Formerly, our intellectuals produced ideas that were discussed abroad (eg the European idea in the '50s), it is no longer the case. Anything that remains in the eyes of foreigners, but it's a staggering arrogance unfounded. To make the table causal completeness, we add an economic crisis with mass unemployment that we are not out since 1973, but also an unprecedented decline of state capacity, then we are the land of Louis XIV , Napoleon and de Gaulle.

To come to us, paramedics, we live our own economic decline for 25 years, as I have often explained here. But this is no reason to mope. Rather it is a chance, an opportunity to develop coping strategies. I try to describe some of the past two and a half years. Presume that the current situation allows us, without thinking that our seniors were much better: the past is past. This mindset will allow us to replace the rebate by the fighting. Some will look to trade union struggles, hoping for a hypothetical common hello. Others will prefer individual solutions. One does not preclude the other. It's time for good resolutions, enjoy it!

It seems equally important to instill this attitude to patients and their families. Faced with the disease, should not be pessimistic nor optimistic complacency. It must be determined, as Jean Monnet said. This has also helped to achieve his ends.