Change is permanent

I always thought that as each generation passes on, the entire generation undergoes radical changes in it's thinking.
I thought since our ancestors were always so conservative, close-minded, careless and lacked consciousness that the current generation would be better. I thought that there will be a time one day when our thinking will be more sensitive, mindful, conscious of our actions and its impact on others and the surroundings.
Over the last few years, I have been quite disappointed with the knowledge that some things transcend across generations. Even in my age group or sometimes even younger, I see people not behaving responsibly, not being concious of the consequences of their actions. There are youngsters, millennials who still do not give environmental issues a second thought, do no recycle because they do not care to bother segregating the waste, feel entitled that since they are paying taxes, it is the responsibility of the government to do the dirty work for them on saving the environment. They do not drive responsibly despite being educated extensively on safe driving methods.

These youngsters will follow the same orthodox thinking in everyday lives. Their thoughts on religion will be radical, even if they don't say it as it is not politically correct but their actions will show it. Many still believe in caste segregation, think feminism is for women who want to dominate men and are quite rigid in their habits.

My biggest issue is when it comes to being concious of your actions and its impact on the environment. So many in our current generation of millennials, consume, produce and discard without giving a second glance to where the waste ends up. This realisation that nothing has changed over the generations, made me sad enough to write a blog on it.

There have been some positive changes as well. Even though a large part of millennials don't care for the consequences, the remaining ones care too much for the environment. They are living their lives with sustainability at its core. They are looking at reduce, reuse and recycle. They are the ones who learnt from the experiences of the previous generation and do not want to repeat the same mistakes, be it in environment, finances or relationships.

Hopefully, our future generations will radically shift in their thinking with each and every generation preceding them changing bit by bit.