🤔 I seriously wonder about this notion of "making your ancestors proud".
I'm pretty sure a lot of my ancestors were jerks. Even the heroic ones.
On top of which, plenty would be confused if I even *tried* to explain our problems today, and strategies we're using to surmount them.
Best we can hope for from our ancestors is probably, "Child, I understood maybe every third word you uttered, but I also see you made it to adulthood, so you must be doing something right. Keep doing that, I guess?"
@MLClark Perhaps it is that because they were jerks you have learned in your soul how NOT to be one.. because some of them are us, now.
i think you are 100% correct about the 2nd half of your comment.