{"id":9552,"date":"2026-08-09T21:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/es_es\/?p=9552"},"modified":"2026-08-10T01:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:49:51","slug":"generaciones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/08\/09\/generaciones\/","title":{"rendered":"Generations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u00b4m writing these lines from Barajas airport, getting ready to fly back to Dublin after a two-week holiday in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u00b4m coming back tired, but also happy: it\u00b4s been time really well spent. The holidays have been slightly chaotic, having to change plans a couple of times, but in the end, it has all turned out really well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the best part, no doubt, has been meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/07\/06\/bienvenida-mar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mar<\/a>, the first baby of my family\u00b4s next generation, in person, in a place where the memory of her great-grandparents <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/01\/23\/hasta-siempre-papa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00c1ngel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2024\/06\/03\/te-queremos-mama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mari Carmen<\/a> is always very present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" data-attachment-id=\"9550\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/10001468442302795836458391553\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?fit=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.75&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;AC2003&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1785759182&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.745&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10001468442302795836458391553\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Wooden bench in a Spanish patio\/garden&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?fit=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?resize=676%2C507&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?resize=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10001468442302795836458391553.jpg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One more generation... I often have a feeling I find very interesting when I meet with friends, or even my siblings: that it seems time hasn\u00b4t passed and we are the same as always... Until we look at our children, at the next generation, and then we realise!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual, here are a few quotes to reflect on this topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Each generation imagines itself <br>to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, <br>and wiser than the one that comes after it.<\/p><cite>George Orwell<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>We need to remember across generations <br>that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.<\/p><cite>Gloria Steinem<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>What one generation sees as a luxury, <br>the next sees as a necessity.<\/p><cite>Anthony Crosland<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And one that I found very funny:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">From the earliest time, the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was, they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture. - W. Somerset Maugham<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escribo estas l\u00edneas desde el aeropuerto de Barajas, prepar\u00e1ndome para volver a Dubl\u00edn despu\u00e9s de dos semanas de vacaciones en Espa\u00f1a. Vuelvo cansada, pero tambi\u00e9n muy contenta: estos d\u00edas me han cundido much\u00edsimo. Han sido unas vacaciones ligeramente ca\u00f3ticas, con un par de cambios de planes sobre la marcha, pero al final ha resultado todo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/08\/09\/generaciones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Generations<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":9550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Generaciones \/ Generations","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Una nueva generaci\u00f3n, una nueva esperanza \/ A new generation, a new hope","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4990,96,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiracion-inspiration","category-diario-journal","category-general","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-2u4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7170,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/a-descansar\/","url_meta":{"origin":9552,"position":0},"title":"Time to rest","author":"binarybea","date":"14\/07\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Muchas veces asociamos el verano con las vacaciones, y las vacaciones con el descanso. 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