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Living my teenage years through historical and political events
Your teenage years are supposed to be a time for you to figure out who you really are. It’s also a time where you often feel lost and confused. However, with everything that’s been going on (Covid-19, protests for the death of George Floyd, etc..), these influential teenage years have become extremely dense. Many students haven’t been able to get their prom or graduation. Others are struggling to attend online classes in a home that doesn't have the necessary technological facilities. This is what makes this time so unique; it affects all of us, crossing societal and economic borders. Though...
How Youth Can Help Fight Climate Change
Climate Change is one of the most pressing global issues in our world today. Almost every country in the world has issued their own environmental laws in order to minimize the effects of climate change and a lot of ads, slogans, posters and campaigns against climate change have been launched by concerned environmental organizations and government institutions in order to raise awareness to the public of how we could help stop this global crisis. But it's sad that out of billions of people in the world, only few have responded to the call. When a climate change occurs, temperature drastically...
The Gen Z uneasiness
So there I was, at my graduation ceremony. It was just coming down on me that I had actually finished college. No more classes to take and no more requirements to be done. We were officially declared as graduates, but no one had prepared us for what was next. There was that dreaded question floating in the air – what now? Yes, we are now degree-holders and we were given enough background to pursue a future of our own interest, but what now? At age 20, I feel like I have done nothing! This overbearing anxiety and need to accomplish something is not uncommon among Gen Zeds. What most people...
Infinite
In fire you’ll find her, cackling defiantly in the silent night when all succumbs to stillness, radiating the warmth that you are ever so oblivious to. And even after the fire dies out, her silent cackling continues, for as she is infinite. In the oceans you’ll find her, the cascading falls, the streams, the pattering rain, watering the wizened land, sometimes choosing to swallow cities together. And even when everything else is evanescent, she remains, for as she is infinite. In zephyr you’ll find her, her soft caressing and the wild gushing gale, she can break glass if she desires, and...
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International Youth Day 2020: A letter to youth
It was National Women’s day on the 9th of August in South Africa. It really gave me time to reflect on what being a woman meant to me. In the process, I reflected on the actions of the resilient and brave South African women whose fire burned too bright to be dimmed. The women who fought to give me the rights I have today. Today, as I write this in celebration of International Youth Day, I reflect on the youth that have done the same thing. Today as I write this, I am proud to say that I am among a group of young people whose desire and passion for change is undying. Young people who saw a...
Being an autistic teen in quarantine and staying occupied.
My name is Alex. I am autistic on the autism spectrum disorder. This is what it's like for me in quarantine using my own words. Quarantine has been tough a little bit. I miss talking to people face to face outside of my parents at home. At first I hated the thought of having to stay home more than usual. It was interesting at the end of last school year with "crisis school" as they called it. It's been a little hard for my mental health too, as I have other mental health issues. There was no fancy celebration for my eighth grade promotion due to the pandemic, so my mom had a lot of family and...
Speaking to the universe
I'm not one to believe in anything that concerns spirituality and the like. I heard someone, someone rather close to me, telling me this. Speak to the universe, and the universe listens. It didn't resonate with me quite well back then, it still seems quite off but then again, I think it's safe to say that I hope the universe listens when we speak to it, when we ask for help. Not that I've spent hours speaking to the universe but the entire concept of speaking to the universe feels divine and somewhat real. It's a beautiful concept, speaking to the universe, asking for help and help being given...
Beirut dreams.....
Yesterday's dream is about a beloved angel she carried me in her wings to the heaven She uplifted me from the poisonous air filled with Ammonium nitrate, which is proportionally burning with screams, Tears, fire and desire I hope the next air i inhale, will fill my lungs with light and love....not fire and tears....
INDIA, OUR COUNTRY OUR PROPERTY
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is one of the most popular or probably the well-known and significant missions in the history of India. This campaign was introduced by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and was launched on 2nd October 2014 to honour Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of a clean country. But how far was it implemented? Are we still honouring Mahatma Gandhi’s vision? Maybe Gandhi’s vision wasn’t just to have the roads clean but to have our whole country clean. But what we did wasn’t that. We cleaned the roads and dumped all of them in a huge land, in the so-called dump yard. I don’t think it is right...
Body Shaming? Fight Back!!!
Hi, I'm Chelsea and this is my very first blog in which I will be talking about body shaming. What is body shaming? This is the way I like to define it: it is when a person mocks or criticizes your body's imperfection or flaws of the body. Like when a person says "you're too fat!", "you're too short", "you're too skinny", " or "you're shapeless". What does that even mean? It is also another form of bullying, and racism, a lot of victims of body shaming undergo mental breakdowns, inferiority complexes, high insecurity and all that. That is if you let it get to you. I have been a victim of body...
The Success Mindset in 8 Parts
I was asking myself, "Why am I so uncomfortable?" And basically, what I had to do to get up here today, is reframe my way of thinking. Alright, now let's talk about the success mindset. So, the reason I want to bring this up as the first topic of the season is that it's so important to know the foundation and to have that foundation ingrained in you, that mindset to succeed. I want to break it down and show parts of where this mindset can come from. It's not all, because I still have so much more to learn in life. But definitely, there is something that sets successful people apart from people...
Two Words to Change the World
I believe that two words are needed to change the world: be kind. As infection cases and death tolls rise daily, there is no denying that coronavirus is a disaster. It appeared from nowhere and flooded the world with pain and suffering before we could barely blink. However, I believe there are many positives to the pandemic, and it is also an opportunity: to rethink our world and ways of living, and rebuild our societies with kindness, compassion and empathy. This begins in the smallest places. For many of us living in lockdowns, this opportunity to think and reflect has been invaluable. Many...
Wings
With my dreams being so high, I wondered to have wings to reach the sky. I remember how brutally the sky pushed me from that high, My hopes and desires came crashing on my mind. This new dream looks impossible from my reach. But, I am not someone to get afraid of my previous defeats. I will work hard on my wings this time, Going to show this sky, the very best bird hidden inside mine. The way you are showering the rain on me, I will freeze the drops with all the clouds inside mine. I want to fly as my blood is boiling, To write a history of how the sky kneeled to my feet, That day you will...
The Moment You Start Losing
I had a habit to google down everything. How to achieve success? How to be a smart worker in place of a hard-working person? Why am I not able to motivate myself? How to get things done at the right time in the best way possible? There are many causes for a breakdown. Losing someone, lacking flexibility in talents or no development whatsoever we do to achieve better results. But still, we encounter people who overcome such problems. There is an unending list of successful names who worked hard when they were at the lowest point in their lives. Destiny was somewhat their enemy. So many names...
AM I FINALLY THERE?
Looking at my life from where I started to where I am now, I can't say life has practically given me what I want. Of course, life isn't and can never be a bed of roses. But I can say that I keep striving for the best and I won't stop until I am finally where I want to be. The pandemic currently ravaging the world has had its negative impacts, but as a people, there should be a positive light in it that we should see. Now is the time where, we, locked in our homes as youths get to make a positive change. Stand up to fight for what is right, make a difference by doing what we were restricted...
Shake up your life: The 5 second rule by Mel Robins
Yes guys for those of you who think that once you are facing your own mental demons, you can no longer be normal and start living your life once again...Let me tell you people, you are wrong. In the words of the famous speaker Mel Robins, "your life changes in a span of 5 seconds". Now what does that mean?? It means once you launch yourself out of that bed just like a rocket, you are on for it. Now after you get out of that pit, your brain automatically programs the problem you have to face the whole day. And let me tell you an interesting fact -- now your brain is ready for the challenges...
No Turning Back
Fooled and deceived, hands-on knees with tears dribbling down his cheeks. Thoughts are many but nothing to speak. An imperfect journey under his feet. No maps, no guide, he has to travel to find ‘what’s mine?’ A static life he dreamed to change, arrested him in their dynamic chains. He looks around to find a deserted lane which scares him to travel again. The memories surface when he starts to walk again. He took his step back for a moment and lifted his gaze, To search for the end of the lane, he has decided to take for once again. The fear starts to blur his mind. What if I lose again? He...