A unity of generations

"As humans we all want to be part of something bigger than ourselves, part of a page in a history book.."
(After reading the article below my thoughts reflected on the statement above and I asked myself, “so why did we, “the boomers” hand over the reins to a new generation?” My personal opinion is that although we, “the boomers” came of age in a turbulent era of war and naïve idealism, as we aged many of us saw our idealism change to bitterness, disillusion and cynicism. In short we became quite like Generation X in that regard (thank God we never allowed ourselves to fall victim to other characteristics of Gen X such as “grunge” clothing, hip hop etc.). Thus the nation found itself with a large percentage of the population, both old and young, cynical as to whether the status quo in Washington could ever achieve the dreams that we wished for our country and our children. It was that coming together of two generations that spawned Obama’s success and rise to power. So, as it turns out, contrary to what the article voices, it was not a new generation that lifted Obama to power but rather a unity of generations and people as Obama had envisioned and written about in his book “The Audacity of Hope”.)
“When George W. Bush lifts off in his helicopter on Inauguration Day, leaving Washington to make way for Barack Obama, he may not be the only thing disappearing into the horizon.
To a number of social analysts, historians, bloggers and ordinary Americans, Jan. 20 will symbolize the passing of an entire generation: the baby boomer years.
Obama, it must be said, is technically a boomer; he was born in 1961. But he long has sought to draw a generational contrast between himself and the politicians who came before him.
"I sometimes felt as if I were watching the psychodrama of the baby boom generation — a tale rooted in old grudges and revenge plots hatched on a handful of college campuses long ago — played out on the national stage," he wrote of the 2000 and 2004 elections in his book, "The Audacity of Hope."
If Obama isn't a boomer in spirit, then what is he? Not exactly a member of Generation X, though obviously that generation and the next, Generation Y (also known as Millenials) embraced him fully and fueled his historic rise to the presidency.
"Gen Xers are known to be more cynical, less optimistic," says social commentator Jonathan Pontell. "Xers don't write books with the word 'hope' in the title."
And Pontell, also a political consultant in Los Angeles, has gained some fame coining a new category: Generation Jones, as in the slang word 'jonesing,' or craving, and as in a generation that's lost in the shuffle.
Jonesers are idealistic, Pontell says, but not ideological like boomers. "Boomers were flower children out changing the world. We Jonesers were wide-eyed, not tie-dyed."
And Obama, he says, is "a walking, living prime example of Generation Jones. He's a classic practical idealist. It's not the naive idealism of the '60s."

The Sounds of Water

The sounds of water, are they memories of our past? Downhill is a direction and like water so goes time. Womb sounds are they like small fish in the oceans shallows splashing? Rain falling, never climbing, sometimes sideways but never up. Why do I splash water on my face when I am sad? Have you ever heard the sound of river rapids rushing downstream. Are we a leaf swept by the current or do we really listen to the water? Life streams forth from water and the earth smiles. When we return to the womb of time, will we be remembered? I love the water.