T he frequent references to past glory and times by the older generation make the young restless. No two generations are the same. Innovations and inventions take place.
The older generation should learn and adapt to the new rapidly. Every day is a learning process, and who better teachers than the young who show greater abilities to grasp. Every senior would have learnt operating a cellphone from the young, simply because it never existed earlier.
It’s a necessity than a luxury. We would have been taught by someone to use ATMs. Someone would have taught us to use the Internet, in most cases it would have been the young.
Why then refrain from appreciating the young? Nature shows us through seasons that changes are imminent. After a hot summer, the rains arrive, followed by winter and spring. Changes are to be embraced gleefully.
But we mostly live in the past despite knowing well that past is history. While memories remain, we also need to prepare ourselves for the present and future. The young generation would have never experienced the past and the previous generation has an automatic advantage in experiencing the past and the present.
There certainly would be a generation gap; it’s natural, but simply living in the past will not help. We have seen the older generation claiming that they used to work very hard, walking and cycling their way to schools, colleges and places of work. Why should the young of today walk or cycle, when there are various modes of transport ava.