Our Shallow Generation

Just finished watching Out of Africa for the umpteenth time, and as always, I'm left longing for something I'll never see.

The industrial age blessed us in so many ways... But like Unions - and my sense of humor - it went too far.

The biggest change in our culture since the 19th century has to be the disappearance of the once iconic honor, and the loss of contemplation. We are so busy and so entertained that we have lost our vocabulary, conversational skills, our depth, and most of our cultural charm... And our children will have even less of these treasures.

Godless, graceless, and vulgar is no way to venture through life... Even our humor is no longer mirth, but a soured and decayed kind of cynicism.

Early 20th Century colonial Africa... Was 19th Century Europe in many ways... At least for the Europeans there. If you haven't seen the movie... And can stomach Streep and Redford... You have the opportunity to be transported back to another age with a different pace and values... For two hours.

You won't want to come back.