I found this picture on FB today. It made me wonder. When I was 17 I could not wait to turn 18 so I can leave home and move in with my boyfriend at the time. I wanted to be independent and free. So, what has changed? Why would a healthy young man or woman wait until the age of 28 to leave home?
Most people would probably respond by saying “because of lack of money”. Well, I am not sure about that. We did not have much money when I was 18 but we wanted to forge our life on our own terms.
I think that young people of today have less confidence in themselves as we did when I was young. By the age of 17, I had been through a lot of challenging experiences. I was a latchkey child. I learnt quickly how to make a sandwich if I was hungry and did my homework without private tutors being on stand-by.
The Y and Z generation appear to be ‘overprotected’ to me that resulted in having a lack of self-confidence, unrealistic expectations and low self-esteem among them. It seems to me, that in this new age of the internet and media, people’s ideas of a happy and fulfilling life has been forged by factors that have little to do with the young person.
I often find that young people either have little dreams or have fantasies of the future.
Staying at home ensures that one does not need to face reality or make efforts towards creating a fulfilling life.
God is the solution. Not God as a white bearded Santa Clause looking guy inhabiting the Heavens, but God that resides in each of us. As young people start looking within, not only do they discover an inner connectedness with the Divine but they also discover themselves. KNOWING ONESELF is the only true foundation for a good life.
Having a clarity on WHO I AM, WHAT I AM GOOD AT, WHAT MY TRUE ASPIRATIONS ARE, and having a solid relationship with an innate LOVING PRESENCE that is GOD automatically creates HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT that cannot be matched.
When I see young people who are lost, unhappy, addicts, overachievers, etc. I simply note that they have not looked inside for the answers yet!
If you wish to start LOOKING WITHIN, CREATING A SOLID RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF AND GOD, get in touch,
In Loving,
Rev Kudlik