There has always been a generation gap between two generations. My observation is that this gap is getting wider progressively.
The older generation held on to memories of the past and in fact they spend a lot of time reminiscing. Talking to the present generation about events gone by I notice does not interest them. This is just a tip of the iceberg. Not just memories but even people who have been a part of their life in the past are totally forgotten if they do not serve their purpose in the present context.
Clinging to memories however need not always be a good thing as bad memories can stop future progress. And in this context the older generation could be held guilty as they just cannot forget the wrong done to them and they remain unforgiving. The present generation’s attitude of forgetting and moving on seems a right move.
However what is disturbing is that along with memories even people are forgotten. There is an element of ruthlessness in that they feel justified in not carrying with them what they call unnecessary baggage.
When this attitude is extended at the parents’ level that becomes unbearable. This attitude manifests shows in youngsters leaving the shores seeking greener pastures and for them to take this decision is no effort at all. They have their ambition and in order to fulfil their ambition they do not mind leaving behind their aged parents.
This paradigm shift in thinking about how futile the past is, distinctly divides the two generations.
Unless both generations make adjustments and try to meet at an agreeable point there is no saying how divided the world is going to be and this scenario is not a happy one specially for the older generation. For the present generation it is their ambition and they need to reach it no matter how hurtful their move could be vis-a-vis the older generation.
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The young generation are having trouble with communicating with the older generation.
Thy can't get to stand on the same bar.
It is either the young ones who takes the lead and look down on the old folks who are beyond understanding what the young are thinking of right now.
The only way would be for the older generation is pick up what had been left behind, catch up with the younger ones and then it would be easier to get involved
Yes. They need to meet midway somewhere so that they understand each other.
I think "forgetting and moving on" isn't good either. I see this as the central conflict between Christian and Buddhist thinking (and, apologies to all European and Asian readers...the only plausible reason why Europe *ever* succeeded in dominating over Asia in any way). Right is right. Wrong is wrong. We need to keep this in mind. We can detach from the emotion of anger about past wrongs done us, and should, but that doesn't mean we should ever give up wanting wrongs to be put right.
If I owe someone money, I don't want her/him to forget that! I don't want to live in the sort of society where anyone would encourage such forgetfulness! I may want the person to be patient with my situation, but I really want to pay what I owe...and I want the person to live long and be well, which means s/he remembers how much I owe as well as I do.
If the wrong done was the kind that's harder to put right...in the literal sense, "an eye for an eye" would mean a lot of cruelty and no actual benefit to anybody, but I suspect "an eye for an eye" was not *meant* to be understood literally for that reason. If somebody inadvertently puts out my left eye, do I want to put out his left eye, or do I want him to "lend me his eye" any time I really need the advantage of having a left eye, for the rest of my life? Duh! The latter, of course! Still, a world where people forgot how they came to lose an eye would not be a better world.