“Yes we can… have a dream!”
No, that’s not meant to sound cynical or snarky… though you can if you choose to take it that way. For a while now I have been convinced that my generation (has and) is living through a transition. It could probably be argued that the 20th century was and this 21st will be ones of major transition.
“But doesn’t every age and century go through transition?” you may ask. Yes… though the “status quo” from previous centuries (after any major shift occurred) ruled and lingered longer… much longer than in the last 100 years.. I will even even propose that in that time (the last 50 years in particular)… everytime a certain status quo was established a challenge to it emerged almost instantly. The tumultuous tone of the times can be directly attributed to this constant struggle between the two… a contentious dance between “the way it used to be”, “the way it is” and with “the way it can be” types. The last few decades has seen this more than any other era.
Ironically even between the “I have a dream” and the “Yes we can” generations there exists a definite and uneasy clash of cultures. Times and shifts in the various collective consciousness are moving rapidly. Will it all plateau into a new universal status quo? I have no idea. All I do know is that we are living through exciting times… a time when history making moments seem to happen everyday… the celebrations of today and tomorrow in this country being just one example.
Just something I pondered when I awoke this morning.