Ode To Present Day Youth
Gracing
my mind this week are the youth of today. This age group is often
underestimated and contrary to the negative publicity given to our young people,
I have come across many level headed youth who are eloquent, wise and
compassionate. Off course as with every generation, there will be the handful,
who deviate from the norms.
The
million dollar question here is, who, shall accept responsibility for a youth
who has crossed over to the wild side of life?
You
see, most of the time as adults, we forget, that children have to be nurtured
and disciplined in a loving environment with boundaries and guidelines and I
believe moral values stemming from religion is of great help here. The adage of
it takes a whole village to raise a child holds more water than we care to
know.
Recently,
I was witness to the good work done by volunteers of the Teddy Mobile Clinic.
They were some of the many young people who have committed their time to a weekly
service. These young and able bodied youth help set up mobile clinics in the
heart of Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere bringing medicines to the destitute with basic
ailments for free.
Sitting
there under the street lights of KL, were also young doctors, and we know how
over worked this group of people are. Notwithstanding their hectic schedules,
they make the time to serve the homeless in and around KL. These are choices they
have made as they are not compelled to give up their evenings by helping to
serve the homeless.
There,
under the dark skies and KL’s dim street lights were many more students, from
various backgrounds grouped as one, assisting in various ways with pure
kindness and joy. I noticed it gave them a sense of belonging too. Just like
the Teddy Mobile Clinic, youth across the globe do much good work and I dare
say they are more than capable of teaching a thing or two to most adults. As
adults, we often choose not to hear and not see. This way, it is easier to bunch
them and brand them any which way we choose. Yes folks, the youth are somewhat an
underestimated age group of society though an extremely resourceful group.
Yet
another interesting trait I see in generation Y and Z is their creativity. I
find this generation trailblazers, when it comes to wit and thinking out of the
box – the wonders they can do with technology is jaw dropping. So you say, today the young are in an
advantageous era. Perhaps so, nonetheless, they are making use of what is given
to them in a positive manner.
Many
of them are also highly passionate toward global issues. They often demand to
see an end inequality; they are very in tune with mother earth, climate change
and its negative impact to the future generations. Their potential folks are
limitless.
So
my dear grown-ups, if you are experiencing bursts of drama from your overly
passionate youth, just know the difference but often times, it is age
appropriate and we should as we move to help them in a positive way realise
that this age group has much to offer and we could actually learn from them. I
know I learn so much from this age group.
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