“…for I am not better than my fathers.” One of the main problems of each generation is thinking it is better than the previous one. It seems this worn-out, tattered philosophy has been handed down from age to age. It may be argued, sighting just one thing, that we out-distance our fathers in modern-day academic achievements, that we are a world apart from them. This may be true; nevertheless, there are no Adamic exemptions. All our lineages can be traced back to the same “mud pile.” Men and women of like passions, if you please.
Children who think that they will be better than their parents, and boast that they will never be guilty of Mom or Dad’s failings and sins, have a rude awakening awaiting them. After they have lived long enough to have walked in their parents’ shoes, they’ll find more often than not that they not only do the same, but many times are worse. Therefore, it is always wise to cut your parents some slack. For you will find that further on down the road of life, you will be asking them for this consideration. And those parents who have gained wisdom from their shameful and youthful experiences will be glad to do so.
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say "I lost it." ~Sidney J. Harris
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