Some of us have lived spanning two centuries. We have seen major transitions in values, in thinking patterns, in priorities, in belief systems and behavioral patterns.
We loved and we lost many loved
ones. We learnt to adjust to our parents, then to our children and in between,
to families, natural and adopted.
In all of this, we found a lot of
meaning in life and later, also started discovering and understanding the meaninglessness
of it.
We were exposed to lessons of
goodness and uprightness, honesty and integrity, love and compassion, duties
and responsibilities above self, all of which became obsolete.
Adjustment became our second name.
We seldom got a chance to lead our lives according our wishes. In fact, some of
us did not even think as far as “what do WE want in life!”
But newer generations have always
come up on the sacrifices of the older ones. It is a different matter that the
newer generations don’t see it that way nor want to expend their energies on
the elders. After all, the lives the seniors are extinguishing gradually.
Nothing much to learn or emulate from the experiences of the older generations. The proverbial generation gap as happens with every generation.
However, having said that with
the freedom given to youngsters to choose their vocations, their future has
opened up to so many new vistas. Every opportunity is available and many
avenues open.
I love watching this generation
blooming in a different world than what we grew up in. After all, change IS the
only constant. They may not see what we saw but it is fine. The wheel of life
and creation turns and we travel in it for god knows how many lifetimes.
God bless us all!
Surekha Kothari
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