Reach Out To One Young Person Today

Every king was once a crying baby and every great building was once a blueprint. Mausoleums and tombs testify that every king has turned to dust, and every palace has crumbled to the ground.

That is how the cycle of life moves continuously. Everything in nature follows the pattern the seed germinates into a plant, the plant yields fruits and withers away. The fruit is eaten and the seed is thrown to the ground, in turn to become a plant and a tree.

It is only we humans who believe that we are immortal and that nature has been made for us, not the other way round. We refuse to acknowledge that we are a fleeting and tiny part of evolution, and we in turn have to yield to the new generation.

One day our children will take over the world. We will be dependent on them, and we will be citizens in the world we have created for them to take over. Let us pay more attention to those who are younger than us. Let us accept that they often know more than we do, and hold as good values and morals as we claim to have.

We are so concerned about what our child will become that we forget to appreciate what he already is. Similarly, if we are proud of our achievements and our assets, let us not forget that

“It’s not where you are today, but where you’ll reach tomorrow.”

Reach out to one young person today – as a friend, a support, a comrade, and as a learner……