The Elder Ones ..
A few days ago, a friend of mine “Amr” and I were having a conversation about the role of the elders in our society... are they still given the kind of value and respect that is naturally supposed to be given to them ? We got to conclude that they have moved far away and apart from the role they are to be... an example is how they try to control instead of guide and advice... I suppose only a few of them still carry their role of guidance effectively...
Later on that day... on my way to work, I was talking to a college mate in the bus about why was it really the fourth finger where people have their rings placed? Especially for engagement and marriage... he said it was all a tradition and not really any kind of religious practice, it’s just more of a social one, I later asked him, why don't you think of getting engaged on the near term? He got to say that he got much of relationships in the past that kept him far from it... In fact, him saying: " Whenever I had a relationship, my mum would ask me: do you want me to ask the girl for engagement?
Actually, I was amazed about how the elder ones have gone to become just as decorates instead of real figures in some parts of the society, as he “My College mate " concluded it all , his mum role in fact was only to do official roles in things like marriage .. I wonder why most of our young ones now no longer put marriage as something to think of seriously...!
So, what's really the matter with our elder ones? Are they changing to fit in a time which is not theirs? Or are they fading away to the shade to allow the young generation to take place? The answers are yet to be found...
5 comments :
when those elders leave from our world , then we know how they were leading all our life
يعني لو فكرت شوية احنا ايه من غير الكبار ؟؟؟
مين كان بيرعاك وانت صغير ؟؟
الكبار
مين بيرشدك لما تتوه ومش عارف الصح من الغلط ...الكبار
واعتقد ان احترام الاكبر هي صفه نابعه من ذات الانسان
انسان محترم طبيعي انه هيحترم الكبار
ممكن تكون آرائهم مختلفه عننا ولكن دا مايمنعش انهم ليهم وجهة نظر ساعات كتييير بتكون صح
i dont think that they're away from they role , even if they do nothing , 3la el a2al , they're the only people that always be there when you need them .. even if they try to control not to guide , but you can feel their concern and love in that. so i think we should respect them..
it's not a fight
our generation has a lot of negative attitudes and at the same time our Elders are suppressors rather than open-minded educators
so, we, the youth, must insist on Dialogue even if not welcomed
I don't find some of the previous comments on this post making sense.
Who said that you're calling people to not respect our elders anymore?
I personally recommend dialog, like how Amr said, even if it's not going to solve the problem.
On the other hand, we - as youth - are still in need for guidance, which is not available 'the correct way' at our elders... so we must need to find guidance somewhere else, or at someone else.
This is the question for now... the unanswered question!
Making it on our own? No, this is wrong. So whom to seek guidance at?
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