Maine has the oldest population in the country, and that's just fine with me. My grandfather would probably say we have the most experience and the most character. The country that forged the golden idol of perpetual youth, where everything comes fast and easy and immediate gratification is king, is now waking up with one heck of an economic hang over. And the guy with the white beard who told us to work hard now and save for what's really important, that nothing worth having comes easy, he is starting to make a lot of sense right now.He could gloat and say I told you so, but he won't, that's not the way he does things. He knows we have to learn some lessons the hard way. But have we learned our lesson? Have we got our priorities straight? Sometimes, as my grandfather would say, it seems we can't tell our tail bone from our elbow.
There was a time when communities valued the wisdom of the elders, when age was not a detriment, but an advantage. I dare say, our biggest untapped resource is not the gulf steam wind currents waiting to turn the turbines of giant floating wind farms, our biggest untapped resource is our elder population.
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