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Page 14 text:
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Today, two equally attractive trends can pull our thoughts in two opposite directions. Faced with distressing problems in the present, we can find momentary escape in memories, trying to live in the past, or we can live for the future, hoping our problems will someday be solved. But we seem to have difficulty making either idea work. Although we surround ourselves with memories, we can never mold our lives into a successful imitation of the past. Yet when we try to make plans for the future, we must base those plans on past experience. We cannot live in the past when time pulls us forward. Our world is changing, constantly moving ahead with new ideas and capabilities, bringing the future closer. New replaces old so quickly that an invention can become obsolete before it goes into production because improved models have already have been designed. This rapid change makes the gap between today and the past grow ever wider. Life seldom varied a century ago — generations were born and died in the same house. Today’s society, with its complex lifestyles and problems, is very different from that of years ago. Our problems have us locked into a path of decision-making and planning that carries us far into the future. We cannot return to the simpler times of yesterday when there are problems to be faced in the present. Turning backward is only a dream. The past is gone, and the world is changed, and it can never be the same again. 10
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) The uncertainty of the future can be a little frightening sometimes. We tend to get apprehensive when we have no control over what lies ahead. It seems like today’s discouraging problems can only worsen in the future. We face rising costs of oil and other fuels, with a significant part imported from a small group of temperamental countries. Even if we are certain a shortage isn't causing these high prices? we have to realize that energy sources are not limitless, and someday they will run out completely. This unstable situation could mean disaster for Traverse City since our tourism-centered economy depends on an ample supply of gasoline at a reasonable price. The future always presents problems that we must contend with and somehow solve. Sometimes when we think about them, we are overwhelmed by a paralyzing fear that we cannot find a solution in time. But the future does not have to frighten us. Knowing that with today's technology and information one discovery leads, not to another, but to a dozen more in a pyramid effect, we can gain reassurance from past triumphs. The future can become a time of hope and excitement for us. In the footsteps of plastics and synthetics, we hope to develop man-made alternatives to our expensive energy sources. This fuel in theory could originate from unlikely sources such as water and air — or garbage. How does the future fit into our lives? We are essential to each other. Without our contribution, there will be no future. We are the inventors and scientists of tomorrow, the ones who will transform today's theories into reality. Our generation won't just be living in the future. We'll be making it happen. 9
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