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Conservatism, Reaction, and the Elder's Responsibility: A Message to My Age Grade

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Conservatism, Reaction, and the Elder's Responsibility: A Message to My Age Grade Great Day, Fam. This one right here? It’s not for everyone. If you’re not at or approaching Eldership—defined in our tribe as about 55 years old and up—you might not feel all of this. But if you’re curious, or if you’re one of those younger souls already walking with wisdom, you’re welcome to keep reading. This message is for the Elders. For those of us who should know better. And yes—I’m including myself. Let’s Start With the Mirror I’ve got to confess something. I’ve been guilty. Guilty of being reactionary. Guilty of falling into the trap of conservatism. Guilty of romanticizing the past. Guilty of looking at our young people and calling them “soft”—as if we were born warriors, as if we didn’t have to become who we are through fire, failure, and guidance. Many of us Elders are stuck in a loop. We remember only the highlights of our youth—the toughest times we survived, the boldest moments ...

Persistence


I will not give up/
no matter how many times/
I may hit the ground/

For those that have been following the journey you know that i have been taking my son to the skating rink. He wanted to learn how to skate. The first time he went he continuously fell, but with encouragement he continued to challenge himself. I did a blog on that experience because he motivated me in my pursuits with his focus and fearlessness in confronting the things that came with falling. this helped me bring many of the things that seemed to plague me on my journey. It was not the falling that I feared it was the embarrassment of the the fall that bothered me. My son taught me through his experience to focus on my feed back rather than others personal views about what I was doing. Like skating life is a process of controlled falling. You are eventually going to hit the floor, but the more you practice the longer you can stay up and keep moving. Sometimes you can become so good that you can determine where the fall will happen so that you can get up dust yourself off and hit the rink floor again. So I hope that my sons little odyssey can motivate you by seeing the progress that he has made between the age of 5 and 6. Although life and other involved in it may try to dampen your dreams continue on your path and you will make it . Be persistence like little Cleve and you to will be skating through your journey like he was at the skating rink.











Brother Ha2tim
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