Nostalgia, Conversations to Bridge the Generation Gap - A Life Positive Forum

On May 16, a Life Positive Forum was held at SVA at 8.00 pm. It was the commencing of a Life Positive project to document the nostalgic recollections of senior generations. It is based on the often given advice to the younger generation that starts with "When I was your age I............" In the forum some of the elders who attended shared some of their experiences when they were younger, most of it echoed the challenges that they faced when growing up, much of which modern living has erased for most youth today. I picked the brains of the youth present to come up with questions on what they would ask their elders if they were given a chance to seek some wisdom from the past. These are the questions that they came up with.

1. Could you share any experience from your past that you think the youth of today would miss out on because of modernization?

2. Is there a moment or crucial experience that served as a crucial milestone to make you who you are today?

3. What challenges did you face in your lifestyle as you experienced changes that the world went through?

4. What can you share about getting the respect of peers and community with the youth?

5. What advise can you give about the process of aging?

I have an ambitious plan of presenting these questions to some of the elders whom I know and will get to know in the future, and posting their responses to these and other questions on Life Postive Forum Facebook site. In time I plan this collection to be a repository of advise and hope for the youth growing up for all the eras to come.