The Perspective of An Old Wise and Out-of-Touch Man

This guy has been around a long time. He's seen it all. At least that's the way he sees it. And it doesn't impress him.

This guy may be wise, intuitive, insightful, whatever, but the world has moved on. It's not interested in what he thinks anymore. He's not as sexy as the Kardashians. He doesn't sing a combination of rap and disco. He doesn't make speeches insulting whole groups of people and thrilling the anti-PC crowd.

He's just an old man who doesn't understand the world he lives in anymore.

Sometimes I feel like that old man. Sometimes I'm so out of touch I can't for the life of me figure out how to talk to people anymore. Where did I make that wrong turn that took me so far from modern society? Should I just sit there like he does and contemplate the inevitable downfall of this ignorant generation?

In a better mood I realize that what made me different is my perspective on this world and what I came to value. In other words, my spiritual beliefs. I realize there is a higher purpose to life than keeping myself entertained. I believe in something more than money. I believe there is a God.

I haven't moved into a cave and ostricized myself from modern society yet. I've been known to turn up the radio and tap my fingers on the steering wheel when Taylor Swift sings about shaking it. I just find it harder and harder to feel that passion for success in this world - not when I've caught a glimpse of the next world. I've been passionate about fads that faded away. I've watched childhood relived by my children. I've been promised and betrayed more times than I can count. I've lived through the death of those I loved so much I still wish I could have died in their place. You don't look up from that and say the important thing in life is to be at the most happening parties.

Wow, this blog took a much deeper turn than I intended. All I wanted to talk about was how I'm different. But when I look into it I'm different because I live for something beyond this world. I don't sit around moping about it like the gentleman above. Maybe I do have a place in this world. Maybe it still have some usefulness for me. That is, as long as I never forget there is more to this life than what I see in front of me and there is a higher reward than the approval of people whose eyes are focused on the world in front of them. And maybe, because of my perspective, I can still offer it something as well.