Generation Gap

The term 'generation gap' is thrown around a lot these days, but few experience what it conveys as brutally as I have. Now, I don't claim to be a perfect example of the current generation nor my parents to be the ideal role models for the previous one, but I'd rather relate the conclusions drawn from my personal experiences than give third party observations!

Well, first and foremost, a random word of advice for the young ones... Do not ever speak even justifiable smack about any piece of colorful clay or plastic that even closely resembles the silhouette of any deity or idol or anything that an old timer might worship or attach any importance to, or else they'll go nuts and completely freak out! Don't believe me? Try it!

Secondly, any opinion that you might have about the whole process of one generation raising the next for the sole purpose of survival of one's species and self, with love acting as a mere catalyst to make it more bearable or even enjoyable, is treated with an enormous amount of contempt and may even be considered taboo!

Furthermore, I've unfortunately had the honor of hearing the phrase "no one should be taken for granted" one time too many coming from higher-ups within family circles! My question to all these know-it-all folks, sitting on their high horses, is that if you cannot unconditionally trust and count on your own family, then whom do you trust? Oh! May be distant random outsiders who couldn't care less... Now, I know it is rather difficult for everyone to always be on the same page, but trying to understand each other even partially, is much better than being a bunch of world class jerks! 

The problem (if there indeed is one) with my generation is objectivity. As the new generation becomes smarter using a strict chain of logic and reason, they outgrow and break through the shells created by the older generations. As a result, the former is more adaptable and perceptive to a paradigm shift in perspective if necessary, while the latter refrains from any such change, requesting that the dream world created by them within the tiny confines of their orthodox brains, borne out of naivety and weakness, be respected.

So, the million-dollar question is, what do we of the new era do about such a foolhardy attitude retarding us? I used to argue and curse in vain but I have finally understood that the only responsibility we have towards our predecessors is to honor what they have done for us, and help bolster their fag end as long as they are there for us, while picking up some of their legit competence, instead of wasting our time and energy trying to nitpick each and every one of their silly beliefs, to which they cling on with their hearts and souls by hook or by crook! It is elegantly simple... Let them revel in their fantasy universe as a reward for the stuff they once did, while we take challenges by the horns and find our way solving real world problems.