Elders, John Wayne, Gandalf, Mel Gibson.. a metaphorical tour de force ;)

So how we we value what has gone before without setting our own feet in that fine box of concrete?

I agree we need elders.. in particular, true elders who have not made the mistake of confusing the vehicle and the journey. Its incredible, but there really are some old dudes (and dudesses) out there who are still alive and risking. When you meet them you know them. They are a profound blessing and a witness to the wind that blows where it will.

As for those who are still living in the modern world.. God bless em. Let them live and let their monuments die with them. They won't mind, and we can move on into the new world, mobile and living in tents, not building altars and tabernacles. Or rather, building those things in human hearts..