"Keep Calm and Carry On"

As I've been a Tumblr nomad the past few weeks, the pretty and inspiring pictures had me clicking Next and Next and Next. With the clicking repeatedly showed various "Keep Calm and Carry On" photos and some others, actually, a whole lot of other editions such as Keep Calm and Have a Cupcake, Keep Calm and Dance, and so on. It made sense. No, those words didn't come from Coco Chanel, Oprah, nor Barack Obama. It originated from the British government's Ministry of Information in the eve of the war of 1939 against the threat from the German invasion. It was produced along with two other posters: "Freedom Is In Peril" and "Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory". Almost two million copies of KCCO bearing King George VI's crown were printed but weren't distributed as the war didn't progress. It was kept for years and [the box] was found by a bookseller named Stuart Manly. He and his wife didn't know a single thing about it as they had the rest of the print-outs auctioned off. Mr. and Mrs. Manly kept a copy and posted it in their bookshop. The rest was history. I figured it was a good everyday reminder - maybe that's why it was reblogged and reblogged and transformed into diverse versions of Keep Calm and insert-what-you-think kind among Tumblristas. Lately, I was surprised to learn that it has its planner version for next year. Cool right?! Since I'm a planning psycho (read: Platonic planner), this suits me. Little did I know (and thanks very much Mr. Amazon.com for that) that it also has its book version, and this 365 Days motto thing that sells for just around 13 dollars. Perfect for everyday self-boost. I'm definitely jumping into the bandwagon and start the year right.