Breathing Easy

The Irrepressible Youth

Growing up is said by some to be the hardest thing to do in life. We have to struggle through finding ourselves while pop culture screams candy-coated profanities at us to distract us from discovering what were in search of. We have to deal with being misunderstood by the previous generation of citizens that can’t fathom our ripped denim, or uncontrollably loud music that’s sounds a though demons are making their way through the speakers. There is the rapidly changing hairstyle’s along with the evolution of the piercing and tattoo that seems to be changing so quickly there is no use in trying to keep up.

But if we take a moment to step outside the typhoon that is our ever-shifting lives and really peer deep into what we are as a generation we will find something: Hope. Underneath all the facades that we put on as well as the make up, there is a deep desire to break out and grasp all that we are. If we are willing to step outside of this mayhem, we can hear these rumblings on the radio: “Maybe we don’t want to live in a world, Where innocence is so short, we’ll make it up to you” That was a song on the radio by the band Silverchair when I was just entering grade 7. Still it goes on, “We are the image of the invisible, we all were lost now we are found, no one can stop us or slow us down, we all are named and we are known, we know that we'll never walk alone, we all were lost now we are found, no one can stop us or slow us down, we all are, named and we are known, we know that we'll never walk alone,” from the popular punk band Thrice. One more time, “We believe In this love, so this world is too much for you to take, just lay it down and follow me, I’ll be everything you need, In everyway,” from Good Charlotte. Our cry is to be something more than we see, to take our lives and really do something with it. It’s happening. I can see the mobilization of our generation getting geared up to break out of this mold.

We have the potential for greatness as explained in ‘your thoughts’, but we need leaders, and we need them from all walks of life. We in our youthful zeal and passion cannot ignore the genuine wisdom from those whom have gone before us. We need to embrace those older than us with open arms and allow them to guide us and teach us. We have to compromise because as youth we will inevitably need their traditions to change but together we can change this world and bring to it, the hope we only find in our dreams. I want the togetherness of the Lost Boys from Peter Pan to encompass all we do. “We’ll make it up to you in the year 2000…with you.” So with your passions ignited lets join hands and as they say ‘throw down’ on this life.

posted by Greg Roberts @ 1:26 PM