Old Gold- Solid

There is a huge controversy lately about age being a bad thing. Old humans are regarded by younger humans waiting to get to the same ages if lucky, as worthless and useless. The whole mess of this kind of thinking is backward. Aging presents issues but they don't usually eliminate what is called "wisdom". And wisdom is lacking in every facet of our present daily life. Take a look and listen to what's around us. Technical "advancements" aren't all beneficial to regular living. A recent political speech during which an elder chap, only three years older than his debate mate, gave a bad impression according to media, because he didn't behave like a thirty year old. From my observation, what I saw was the older member  answering the questions and the other one doing something mysterious that had nothing to do with the debate topics.  Both men, their tone, their speed in mouthing as they did, apparently was more important to some critics than content. Of course older people will look and sound like older people. That's what they are. That's what they do. It is natural. If you want youth, get youth. But where are they?  They are usually behind a screen either large or so tiny you have to squint to see the tiny texts. And most of them are in initials that are the latest form of a crude short hand. Why? To save time of course. If you don't rip around at breakneck speed you aren't moving. Never mind the errors that occur. Youth is the future for sure but youth is dwindling. Fewer younger humans are having families mainly because they must work longer and faster and more frenetically and even then, can't pay their rent. The young I see look marvellous in their costly garb and nice cars but don't look any further. Don't look at the medicine cabinets with pills and the calendars that book appointments for counsellors, gym and spa. Where are the calendar spaces for leisure, and I don't mean going the a concert or a gym. What happened to camping in a forest? Ot going fishing? Is there a space to go see grampa or auntie and maybe pick up a bit of your private history or  a touch of family wisdom? Old is the gold.