Remi Adebayo
remadebayo@yahoo.com
Truth is universal as reality of
time is open to all humans. We may look back and appreciate how much of time we
have invested rightly or wrongly in our aspirations to attain set goals in life.
Except achievement or lack of it is
pinned on pressure of peers, or even family influence, we risk the task of harboring resentment against how much time have been wasted doing things that
are wrong.
Then, we have to reflect on how we apply
time and understand what to do to be able to measure our career, achievement
and spirituality. This would gladden our hearts that certain things have been
done rightly. The best way to prove that is through fulfillment; not even
material or financial accumulation as we are wrongly made to believe today.
Young people all over the world live
in very difficult time. Values are fast eroding; the planet is facing serious
threats from terror and climate change. Career challenges are enormous; genders
roles are getting swapped and the social tension is alarming.
Reasons abound on need to panic
everywhere since violent agitations have become the norm across the globe.
Africa is increasingly finding it difficult. Nigeria is going through series of
terror that was unknown to it before 2009. Mali witnessed a coup d’etat in 2012
and now fighting hard to reunite the country.
Arab is settling down from the terrifying
Arab Spring while Syria and Egypt are still neck-deep into it. Europe witnessed
massive street protests and there is panic of natural disasters everywhere same
way flooding took many countries by surprise.
In Nigeria, men and women that may
build the nation get killed from all sorts of violent activities; from
terrorist to kidnapping, road crashes and armed robberies.
In all these, the youth is at the
center. No destructive tendencies can be achieved by any despot except with the
consent and participation of the youth. Hence the need to arouse our conscience
and alert our peers on the dangers in choosing paths that get us distracted to
leave us with regrets; some with endless pains, deformation, psychological
imbalance or even death.
Youthful time according to this
piece is between ages 18 and 45. This age bracket demands from us to aspire to
overcome challenges in education, career, family, business, finance and others.
It is expected of us to be
productive considering our energies and perception.
Life achievers make historic marks in
their youths. Those that achieve remarkable feats in their chosen fields have
done so while very active; becoming gurus in business, in politics, great
motivators and role models among others.
Faced with these we must understand
what lies ahead and make deliberate efforts to live above boards. No great
warrior can pull down a territory or kingdom without us.
We cannot begin to be dispirited by
the way we live, our views about leadership; our roles in the home, in nation
building, perception about other people must be well played out.
Let us be reminded that we are the catalysts
for positive change. If the youth of any nation chose to follow the right way
no one can stop them. This is our time; we must put our feet down to build
nations.
It requires that we review our
negative views about our self-worth, appreciating others and use the power of
teamwork to build. We must be role models to our siblings and seen to place
values above gains.
Period of youthfulness is slippery
and short like life is short. It is not endless; we must commit our hearts to what
add values to our communities and societies then see the global impact.
It is not too early to start
thinking of worthy legacies to bequeath succeeding generations; that is the way
of great minds. They came and witness existing gaps in order to bridge such them.
Time is not on our side but that is
our only asset. Let the youths of the world raise a banner of love and
acceptance; we can resist violence. We can refuse to be used and dumped by
despots and terrorists.
How do we grow old to discover how
bad a son, a daughter, a brother, a father, a teacher, a leader, a model we
have been to start regretting the wasted time gone forever?
For those who believe in God, we must
rely on the grace of God. Earth is not an accident or natural coincidence. The interactive
sequence and inter-dependency of nature prove it.
We must live uncompromising
disciplined life. It is not easy to resist evil in the midst of very corrupt
and stinking world. Criminality comes to us cheaper and easier but we can stand
for something strong, valuable and positive.
Let us live to be remembered for the
good we have given our world. Great mind lives for others, smaller ones live
for themselves. Let us determine to make others happier, satisfied and grateful
to God for coming in contact with us.
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| Remi Adebayo |
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