February 12, 2010Find the Lost Generation, and the opportunities in the argument?

Filed under: This Week in the World by merylrunion |

A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. The Lost Generation video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite. This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant. Make sure you read as well as listen forward and backward.

The words are below. The revesal comes from starting at the last line and reading the next to last etc.

The perfection of this heartens me, because I so often find in communication and in life that the problem contains the solution, the objection the reason to by, and the limitation can lead to the liberation… if we can see the opportunity right in front of our faces.

Lost Generation by Jonathan Reed

I am part of a lost generation
and I refuse to believe that
I can change the world
I realize this may be a shock but
“Happiness comes from within.”
is a lie, and
“Money will make me happy.”
So in 30 years I will tell my children
they are not the most important thing in my life
My employer will know that
I have my priorities straight because
work
is more important than
family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stayed together
but this will not be true in my era
This is a quick fix society
Experts tell me
30 years from now, I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
I do not concede that
I will live in a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about this earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope.