Dear Youth,
It is a common complaint from the mouth of the youth. In fact, it
is a universal illness as diagnosed by Sigmud Freud, the father
of psychology. He says, "The deepest drive in the heart of
every human being is the desire to be appreciated." Every human
being hungers for respect and appreciation, but the youth begs for
it. If not praised or honoured the youngsters like to be noticed.
When asked what they would like to be 82% of the students in a leading
American university said, "I'd like to be popular," meaning
the centre of attraction.
From the curl of his hair to the shine of his shoes, all the fashions
and crazes of a youngster are weapons to win the war of getting
noticed. One boy, who felt ignored and lonesome, was seriously planning
to get hit by a car by walking straight into one, so that the accident
would force his friends to come and see him! What foolery! What
a paradox!
In trying to get others interested, he lost interest in his own
life - to the extent of throwing it away.
We must always remember, life is not so cheap, especially the life
of the youth.
Once, a sadhu was addressing an assembly. Speaking on the purpose
of life he added, "I want each one of you to preach the message
of God to as many people as possible during the next week. At the
end of the seven days I shall ask you to report individually."
The week passed, the assembly shuffled into position and the sadhu
resumed his inquiry.
"How many people did you give the message of God to?"
"Five," said an old man.
"And you?" the sadhu pointed at someone in the last row.
"Three."
Others said "four," "six," "eleven"
and so on.
Then surprisingly one young boy said, "Two and half people."
The whole gathering pricked to attention.
"Oh," said the sadhu, "You mean two adults and one
youngster."
"No," came the reply. "Two youngsters are worth `FULL'
as they have their whole lives to live."
The life of a youth is `FULL'. Most precious! Whatever you do now
will affect you for your whole life.
If you lose your leg now, you will limp for 80 years to come. If
you lose your eyes now, you will spend the rest of your days in
darkness. If you ignore your studies now, then you will bear the
burden of ignorance throughout your life.
The phase of youth is the crucial crossroads of life. All the wrong
and right choices made affect you for the rest of your life. It
is a time when bigger decisions in which direction you wish to move
your life into rather than which colour scarf to wear, need to be
taken. It is a time when you make decisions that affect you a life
time, not a night time!
Remember, a youth has a full life to live.
If you value your life enough you will not squander it around addictions
and pãn
centers!
If you value your life enough, you, will not risk it in violent
and destructive deeds.
If you value your life enough, you will not waste these most creative
years in doing nothing!
If you yourself don't value your own life then don't expect others
to do so.
BEFORE OTHERS VALUE YOU, YOU MUST LEARN TO VALUE YOURSELF..
