Have you ever noticed how many people long dead really knew about the world today? Lets look at William Shakespeare for starters. He knew young love gets too serious too fast look at Romeo and Juliet gone in their teens because they could not see there is more to life then a first love. One of my favorite quotes from Mr. Shakespeare is: How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! " Truer words were never spoken. Kids today have no sense of gratitude to those that work and sacrifice for them to make their world better for them, to try to make sure they are happy. Many parents even continue to take care of their thankless children into the parents old age, and still the kids do not care. They think it is all owed to them.
Socrates had this to say about the youth of his day and it is still true today: “Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.” < I could not have said it better. However I fear the youth are not all to blame for how they are. The older generation of today would rather use pills or alcohol rather then deal with the real issues of the world. I have had 2 different people this week alone suggest to me that I take medicine to deal with the fact I am upset by people saying mean things to me. I guess they think if I take pills it will deaden the pain of having people I care about hurt me. I think if the older generation was more in touch maybe the younger generation would have better values.
