Generation wars are a result of self-loathing on both ends. The young people cringe at the thought of becoming old and hence see nothing good in their elders. The old feel pained at the thought of their unlived lives. Youth is a potent reminder of that loss.
We are always looking in the mirror.
The truth is that there are always aware and lovely human beings at every age. open your eyes if you have them to see. stop fighting with assumptions and ghosts. Live before you die.
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It’s clear to me that every adult that failed me was failed themselves. I’m not sure why people can’t see that for themselves. Every human being is interlinked to the beginning of time. Our dysfunction is passed down through generations. My mother was not met at all when she was a child. How could she possibly mother me? I cannot hate my mother. I forgive her easily. And I don’t want to spend much time with her.
The hard edge covers the soft spot.
I stay open to softening so that I might be able to say goodbye to my mother with softness and love.
More so that we might heal the generation wars:
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