Living in My Future's Past

Remember 8-track tapes, disco music, record players, bell-bottom jeans, and car phones? Me neither. These were all popular things and fads of my parents' generation, yet through the course of time, they have been restricted to faded black-and-white photos and fuzzy slides. American culture has quickly moved onto new fads: cell phones, video games, iPods, Dubstep music, and skinny jeans. Now, when our parents start talking about "When I was your age..." we laugh and mock the styles and ideas that were so popular at the time. Yet it occurred to me that while we mock our parents' generation, the things we so idolize and enjoy now will someday be mocked and ridiculed by the next generation. That's a rather interesting thought...

It also occurred to me that whatever I do now and whatever decisions I make, these are the stories I will someday have to tell my nieces and nephews. With that in mind, it makes me more cautious that I make wise decisions...knowing that I am not just living in my present...I am also living in my future's past.