Half A Century Thru My Lens

With all the Upheaval in Today’s Society I close my Eyes and think back whenever something just doesn’t seem or feel right. Lately I’ve been going back 50 Years. To about Grade School, 5 to 12 years old.

We were very good at keeping our mouths shut at the appropriate time (always) and ears wide open. Keeping the ears open took practice, but that was the point. To listen, to learn. A way of growing up that had worked very well for Centuries! It kept the Species Alive. Learn all the Wisdom we could. Later, we applied it and the many memorized rules to synthesize “Critical Thinking” skills. It was encouraged, how many times I’d heard, “Can’t you think for Yourself?”

Haven’t heard that in a very long time. Now Elders sit at the “Feet” of Minors and dust off listening skills.