The human race has thoroughly and completely messed up the world. Few deny this fact now, but it wouldn't be such a problem if only people were working to change it. (And I'm not talking about the children, the twenty year olds that create programs to help others.) It wouldn't be a problem if the people in charge were actually doing something. And you'd think they would, except adults tend to fall back on the common phrase told to child: "This is something you're going to have fix/change/deal with."
Our response: Thanks ever so much for this mess we now have to clean up.
We're well aware of how much other generations have messed up the world, but the way I see it, "this is going to be your problem" is just a way of saying "we don't want to do anything about it now because it's too difficult, so we'll just push it onto your agenda." What happens, if we grow up, we too decide that we don't want to do anything about the issue because it's already so tangled that we can't unknot it without a significant amount of work? It's a self-destructive cycle.
We can't solve every problem. Someone has to start the change, and it can't always be us. Adults know there's a problem, so adults should do something about it. Saying "Oh, they'll fix it," and "Oh, I'll be dead by then so what's the point," and "Oh, it won't affect me," is the coward's way out. It's the lazy attitude to take. It isn't helping anyone.
True, it may not affect you, but if you want to be remembered as the generation who did nothing while the world collapsed, that's your problem. That generation will be the one where, when people learn about them in schools, everyone goes, "What were they thinking? Why didn't they do anything?" They'll be remembered with disgust, and if that's the legacy they want to leave, then they can keep doing what they're doing, which is to say
nothing.
What are you living for if not to make a positive impact upon the world? I really truly mean that. Sit back, close your eyes, and ask yourself what exactly you're living for. To be successful? Okay, but why are you doing that? To live a good life. What does that mean? Living a good life means being happy, right? It's proven that you are most happy when you're helping others, when you have a purpose and you pursue that purpose. "Making as much money as possible" is not a purpose, but it's one nearly every corporation follows, and as a result, they've completely messed up the world in the process.
The world today is, quite frankly, lacking (in many more ways than one). The mess is large, yes. The mountain is high. The road is long. But those who have influence and power--they should be the first to pick up a rag, to shoulder their bags, to take that one step. That responsibility is one adults must bear, not kids.
I hope one day adults will stop saying, "Oops, we messed up, but that's okay, the youngins will fix it." Instead, I hope they'll say, "Oops, we messed up. Let's try to fix it." That's how the world will be fixed: by taking responsibility instead of siphoning it off on a different generation.
Our response: Thanks ever so much for this mess we now have to clean up.
We're well aware of how much other generations have messed up the world, but the way I see it, "this is going to be your problem" is just a way of saying "we don't want to do anything about it now because it's too difficult, so we'll just push it onto your agenda." What happens, if we grow up, we too decide that we don't want to do anything about the issue because it's already so tangled that we can't unknot it without a significant amount of work? It's a self-destructive cycle.
We can't solve every problem. Someone has to start the change, and it can't always be us. Adults know there's a problem, so adults should do something about it. Saying "Oh, they'll fix it," and "Oh, I'll be dead by then so what's the point," and "Oh, it won't affect me," is the coward's way out. It's the lazy attitude to take. It isn't helping anyone.
True, it may not affect you, but if you want to be remembered as the generation who did nothing while the world collapsed, that's your problem. That generation will be the one where, when people learn about them in schools, everyone goes, "What were they thinking? Why didn't they do anything?" They'll be remembered with disgust, and if that's the legacy they want to leave, then they can keep doing what they're doing, which is to say
nothing.
What are you living for if not to make a positive impact upon the world? I really truly mean that. Sit back, close your eyes, and ask yourself what exactly you're living for. To be successful? Okay, but why are you doing that? To live a good life. What does that mean? Living a good life means being happy, right? It's proven that you are most happy when you're helping others, when you have a purpose and you pursue that purpose. "Making as much money as possible" is not a purpose, but it's one nearly every corporation follows, and as a result, they've completely messed up the world in the process.
The world today is, quite frankly, lacking (in many more ways than one). The mess is large, yes. The mountain is high. The road is long. But those who have influence and power--they should be the first to pick up a rag, to shoulder their bags, to take that one step. That responsibility is one adults must bear, not kids.
I hope one day adults will stop saying, "Oops, we messed up, but that's okay, the youngins will fix it." Instead, I hope they'll say, "Oops, we messed up. Let's try to fix it." That's how the world will be fixed: by taking responsibility instead of siphoning it off on a different generation.