flow qualities of both bewilderment and wonderment

Every generation, even brought up in a very similar (sub-) culture sees life from another perspective than their parents.

They experience different elements in another way, since ‘life’ shows itself in a different way.
Offspring will always articulate and depict their views on ‘life’ therefore in other forms than their parents.

Often, these differences are looked upon with bewilderment:

• why does that another generation not see .... 
• why does this other generation not do ..... 
• why does that other generation not think ..... 
• why does that other generation not appreciate.... 
• why does that other generation not choose…. 

Bewilderment easily creates blockades in the connections, since judgments and hostility are hard and polarizing:
the other generation is not seeing it right ( a.k.a. there is something wrong with them).

Would it perhaps be somewhat more peaceful, harmonious, cooperative when these questions are transformed into wonderment:

• what does the other (generation) see and why .... 
• what does the other (generation) do and why ..... 
• what does the other (generation) think and why ..... 
• what does the other (generation ) value and why .... 
• what does the other (generation) choose and why ....? 

Wonderment easily support a free flow of understanding and compassion in connections, for they are fluid and harmonizing.

Of course, no meaningful conversation with in-depth, well considered and true answers, can occur between generations, if each and every single person is not answering the very same questions for himself.:

• what do I see and why .... 
• what do I do and why ..... 
• what do I think and why… 
• what do I appreciate and why .... 
• what I choose and why .... 

Just in case another person shows interest in understanding you, connecting with you, relating to your life’s experiences to be inspired/influenced by it.

And, of course, the magic of applying wonderment doesn’t (have to) stop in conversations between generations of people brought up in a similar cultural background!
It works equally as well in any conversation, cross-cultural, cross generations, cross gender….

I see that, I do that, I think that, I appreciate that and I choose that, because, seen from my perspective, based on my life experience, finding each other somewhere on wonderment scales of understanding gives a higher quality of life for all concerned, then digging manholes for ourselves and each other on the far ends of the bewilderment right-wrong scale.

For, to my mind, the connections though which wonderment flow, contain a nurturing, healing component that enables relating actively and openly to each other to be a mutual joy:
the knowing that both perspectives can

• co-exist: peacefully simultaneously, and…
• co-create: be the ingredients to another, richer, perceptive, higher levels of mutual understanding

That is a concept and setup of my palette of choice that appeals most to me.

And yes, that is despite the observation that wonderment doesn’t seem to be very much in fashion these days, looking at the layers of bewilderment people ‘wear’ in their daily interactions.