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Our generation is lazy, selfish, unwilling to commit and unwilling to make an effort.
Suppose we compare someone of an older generation, say my parents. Metaphorically speaking,
when they left the harbor for the sea of life, they left prepared. Along the road on the sea,
the sails of their boat got ripped, and so they patched them. They continued sailing, and sometimes the wind would change,
So they would tack to keep their sails full. Now compare someone of our generation to this scenario and it would look something like this:
The person sets off from the harbor, and enjoys the ride. The sails get ripped, but he doesn't bother patching them, he can still get some wind.
The wind changes, and instead of tacking, he gives up and puts a motor on his boat. He rides fast and enjoys it, but sooner or later, the motor runs out of gas.
Now the motor is useless and so he discards it, taking up paddles instead. The person paddles and paddles until he can't anymore and throws them overboard as well.
With nothing left, the person jumps in the water and decides to swim. The person eventually gets tired, and drowns. The drowning in this scenario can be compared to the people of older generations that are getting old and are alone.
They are sad and miserable, and often angry that they watched the world and it's love pass them by. Why? Because they we're unwilling to commit and unwilling to make an effort to make it work.
After all, isn't it easier to just give up and move on to the next thing?
Well In response to the answers :
I'm somewhat of a procrastinator and fit in with the description I gave, but for certain things I guess you could call me old fashion. For love, I would die and work myself to my last drop of sweat - And I have but my girlfriend who is now my ex-girlfriend is and was unwilling to, and being the little independent woman that she is, is trying desperately to isolate herself not only from me but men in general. I made this rant because of a certain thing she had said on multiple occasions... "I don't picture myself being with one man for the rest of my life, not now at least.." I can respect that given that she's young ( 18 ) - It's hard though when both members of the couple aren't on the same level, haven't ever been, and you watch what was great for so very long fall apart as if it was nothing and meant to die from the start. Oh well I suppose, I'm halfway across the world from her, still very much in love, and hoping though I know it's not good..
Suppose we compare someone of an older generation, say my parents. Metaphorically speaking,
when they left the harbor for the sea of life, they left prepared. Along the road on the sea,
the sails of their boat got ripped, and so they patched them. They continued sailing, and sometimes the wind would change,
So they would tack to keep their sails full. Now compare someone of our generation to this scenario and it would look something like this:
The person sets off from the harbor, and enjoys the ride. The sails get ripped, but he doesn't bother patching them, he can still get some wind.
The wind changes, and instead of tacking, he gives up and puts a motor on his boat. He rides fast and enjoys it, but sooner or later, the motor runs out of gas.
Now the motor is useless and so he discards it, taking up paddles instead. The person paddles and paddles until he can't anymore and throws them overboard as well.
With nothing left, the person jumps in the water and decides to swim. The person eventually gets tired, and drowns. The drowning in this scenario can be compared to the people of older generations that are getting old and are alone.
They are sad and miserable, and often angry that they watched the world and it's love pass them by. Why? Because they we're unwilling to commit and unwilling to make an effort to make it work.
After all, isn't it easier to just give up and move on to the next thing?
Well In response to the answers :
I'm somewhat of a procrastinator and fit in with the description I gave, but for certain things I guess you could call me old fashion. For love, I would die and work myself to my last drop of sweat - And I have but my girlfriend who is now my ex-girlfriend is and was unwilling to, and being the little independent woman that she is, is trying desperately to isolate herself not only from me but men in general. I made this rant because of a certain thing she had said on multiple occasions... "I don't picture myself being with one man for the rest of my life, not now at least.." I can respect that given that she's young ( 18 ) - It's hard though when both members of the couple aren't on the same level, haven't ever been, and you watch what was great for so very long fall apart as if it was nothing and meant to die from the start. Oh well I suppose, I'm halfway across the world from her, still very much in love, and hoping though I know it's not good..