A Break in Generation

fails to report for duty for a day or more without taking proper leave, the number of days on which he is absent will be deducted from the total period of his service. The same applies to anyone who starts a business, abandons it and starts some other job and again abandons that job and starts a new venture. This kind of practice can be described as a ‘break in history’. People who behave in this way are said by psychologists to have grasshopper minds. And those who indulge in fragmenting their history in such a way cannot achieve any great success in life. Your history is your greatest asset and a break in service or a break in history deprives you of this valuable asset. There is another ‘break’ which is widespread in the present world – the ‘break in generation’, or as it has more recently come to be called, the ‘generation gap’. Over the previous centuries, it was common practice for elders to give the younger generation the benefit of their experiences. This was a healthy and instructive process. Of that there is no doubt. Young people may have a good education but, because of their lack of experience, they can easily go astray. Formerly, parents or older family members had always been there (and are still there) to communicate their experiences to the upcoming generation, so that they should take the right path in life. But now, due to modern and unnatural ideas about freedom, the new generation is reluctant to accept the advice of their elders. They have developed the attitude of ‘we know everything, we are the masters of our future; we have to stand alone.’ This kind of psychology acts as a deterrent