Sigh Sadness of heart and soul, of being old and not choosing my words wisely. . Old age and youth, worlds apart, thoughts apart, words apart. .
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Sigh Sadness of heart and soul, of being old and not choosing my words wisely. . Old age and youth, worlds apart, thoughts apart, words apart. .
siggiofmaine 
jannie funster
Worlds apart yes, but much closer sometimes than we know.
Wonderful write!
siggiofmaine
Jannie…I think I need to be more flexible…I wrote above to Tilly a little more in detail what it is all about, …teenagers and young adults getting away with being rude and I refuse to tolerate it when it happens to me…and I speak too quickly.
I do think, as I said, I need to talk more to the “culprits” and see why they feel they can say the things they do…”shut up” “I’ve stopped listening to you because I’m not interested”, things like that..
Thanks for taking the time to leave a reply.
☮ ♥. Siggi in Downeast Maine
James Rainsfordj
Complex, compact and absolutely captivating. Loved the sentiment and the wonderful economy of language.
hedgewitch
We’re all humans, supposedly, but the barriers are always there, the differences between us, whether age, culture, language, gender…it does feel terribly insurmountable at times.
siggiofmaine
Hedgewitch, thank you for the thoughtful comment.
☮ Siggi in Downeast Maine
ayala
It’s never too late to try and make peace with the generations. Today is a new day and you could always try.
siggiofmaine
Ayala…
you are correct, of course. And Peace is always possible.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment,
☮ ♥ Siggi in Downeast Maine
brian
not choosing your words wisely, that can get you in trouble at any age…i think we do have to bridge that gap between young and old much better than we currently do…
Claudia
my boss sometimes says “don’t cry over spilled milk…” there are lots of things i think we would do differently if we had a second chance…but as we don’t have, we can only make the best out of life as it is now…and change our tomorrow..and i think it’s never too late to build bridges between young and old..
siggiofmaine
Claudia,
thanks for your response…”Don’t cry over spilled milk” was a favorite response of my fathers.
I am having difficulty with dealing with the difference of “moral compass” in the speech of teenagers,
and younger.
I hear them tell adults or teachers “shut up”, or “you can’t tell me what to do, I’ll call the cops or DHS”…and do it. I’ve asked some youngsters if they really feel that it is acceptable to talk that way or even swear talking to or at adults… and the answer is “why not”.
It’s not just youngsters, …
thank goodness I’m very hard of hearing, I’d probably be raving all the time.
I actually was told it was no longer necessary for a nurse to show respect to a doctor … “it’s not that way anymore”. “If the doctor wants to sit, he can find his own chair, I got here first.”
☮ ♥ Siggi in Downeast Maine
Tilly Bud
Sorry you have regrets 😦
siggiofmaine
Tilly, thought I’d written a response to you…sorry. Brain sprain.
I think my regrets are that some people that are young say things that I would never think to say…
like “shut up” or “I’m not interested in what you’re saying so I’m not listening to you”.to a parent or grandparent…or teacher. I just can’t get over how the times seem to have changed.
And I speak my mind about how rude I think they are…I’ve heard the same phrases said to other people and it seems to be a culture change amongst the at least teen generation…few adults speak up and correct them.
I in turn cause hate and discontent because I don’t think thru what I want to say.
Thanks for your “sorry you have regrets”…since I wrote that piece I have noticed a change in one teenager that I afterwards went back and explained why I said what I did on more than one occasion.
☮ ♥. Siggi in Downeast Maine