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Avoid pride at all costs
Dear young change makers /leaders, Be wise in your dealings, the fact that you've got the value needed to set that person to the next level, is not enough to misuse your office. _ Especially in your dealings with older people. They came to you for help shows they are humble enough to learn from you, and this was because they saw something different, they saw value and you should be willing to teach them with humility not the other way round. _ In fact, your level of interaction with them will guarantee them safety to introduce new people to you irrespective of your nature. Please avoid pride...
Wind
Cold air makes me trembles deep inside of my body. Cold air makes everything cold and it makes them scared. You might don't like cold wind but, Wind never stops moving, like water flowing in the river, and it makes us feel good. Be like a wind, Be the person that never stops running for your goal.
The Art of Uncharted Waters
Isn’t it crazy whenever you look back and realize how much things have changed in just one year? Such as schedules, routines, and so much that had been familiar was suddenly very different. Same as like someone who meant so much to you over the years can be a stranger in a blink of an eye, or someone who was just a stranger last year can mean so much to you now. However, life is a wonderful journey that’s constantly changing, and nothing stays still; either for getting better or worse. Trust meㅡit’s never easy to navigate the uncharted waters, even the best-laid plans can be derailed. In fact...
Loving my natural hair when it had no representation in media
In 2014 after I finished primary school, I did my first big chop after having relaxed (chemically straightened) hair for my entire life. In 2016, I cut it again because I was using products that weren’t made for my hair. I’ve been natural since then. Almost 4 years natural and I’ve never looked back. I know I’m not the only one that has gone through this. I know so many girls and women with curly or coily hair who have gone through the same thing. This is how I fell in love with my hair even in a world that doesn’t support it. It sounds weird. Not liking your hair, but for me, it's been such a...
My dreams
Hello there. I am Matilda. I am a 16 year old girl from Finland. And I’m here to tell you about my own dreams, how they have changed and how they affect motivation, life and me. We all have had many dreams maybe since day one. And dreams are really important especially to kids, because dreams give us hope. Hope is an important thing in the world we are living in right now. Hope gives us something to hold on, and dreams are like a mental lifebuoy. I have had many dreams since I was a kid. I don’t remember them all, but my biggest dream was to learn to fly and go to Hogwarts, obviously. Me and...
An open letter to the reader
Dear you, I want you to listen to me carefully. I think the most beautiful and personal aspect of anyone's journey, is the number of versions of themselves that exist. The people we were, the things we loved, and the memories that shape us. And what is even more beautiful is how we can never go back to being "that person" again, but that does, in no way, hinder the very many better versions of ourselves we are becoming. It is almost like taking a step aside and looking at ourselves and truly understanding why we do what we do, and why that is okay. What should ideally follow is gratitude...
Coronavirus: the positives - how we can find happiness in hardship and why we must
Optimism cannot solve every problem, but a smile always helps. At the moment there is little escape from COVID-19. It is a tragedy and disaster to all of us across the world - so many have died and so many are struggling. It dominates the news, social media and our lives; we can barely blink without thinking about the pandemic. I am a member of the Unicef UK Youth Advisory Board, and this coronavirus story began after we were sent advice and information by Unicef. This led us to discuss what we could do to help, and ways to raise awareness of the crisis. We’ve written an open letter calling...
Beauty
People are not beautiful. We are masses of unkind words that we vent out for momentary validation, we are seekers of joy that never finds itself. We cry, we laugh, we rebuke so we can be "accepted", and we carry briefcases of anxiety. We run away from things - we all do. We refuse to see beyond what we can handle. We fight internal battles every single day. And that is okay. We are messy right down to the very core. But to sum it up, people are indeed very, very beautiful.
Don't Give Up
Many at times, we are distressed and weary of life's challenges. We want to back down from the game of life and become a spectator. Indeed being a spectator is so easy but it is injurious to our vision because we all have a purpose in life. Each of us has an inherent ability and the world needs us to develop that ability. This is a poem of striving Beneath life gaze, I dropped my cap And tilled in the sun Until sunset. My hands calloused My heart pounding For fear of what my end will be. Sweats as thick as blood, I can't take it anymore I screamed aloud And I crumbled beneath The weight of my...
Why we all need to champion safe spaces
Olivia Andrews knows what it’s like to be stereotyped for the color of her skin daily. As a 17-year-old Indian teenager living in the U.S., who excels academically, she is often labeled as quiet, studious, reserved, and unwilling to have fun. But Olivia feels she is anything but. She always brings an added flare of excitement and creativity to whatever projects she works on and enjoys in her free time letting loose with her friends. But she hasn’t always been like this. While Olivia used to struggle with other’s assumptions about her, without even getting to know her, she has learned to...
It's okay to not be perfect
Have you ever had the feeling that you are not good enough? I have and it's completely okay to feel that way. That is how our mind works. It's in our psychology to easily get afraid and convince yourself you are not good enough. All of us at some point in our life have experienced low self-esteem. We know how it feels. There is always someone better than us. Of course there is and there will be. But that doesn't imply you don't matter or your contribution isn't important. We cannot take it personally, if someone is better than us. We need to try to improve ourselves, instead of getting...
A Bright Future Ahead
I see hope for the Future. I will fly to my future. Everything might be different, but we need to accept the changes and move on. It may be different but in a normal way, is what is going to happen. My school has started our virtual online classes. It is like being at school but also you are in your homes. Everything might not change, some things might just stay the same as our love, friendships, care, goofiness may still stay the same. Let us embrace this change and move on.
You are the only one you'll ever need
People will tell you are you're ugly People will tell you that you dont deserve to be here & they'll tell you that you're a big mistake. But at the end of the day It doesnt matter what they say Because you know that no matter what..you'll always be there for yourself.
The way you love
The way you love says a lot about who you are as a person. How often do you smile, how often do you stop and just look at the sky, at the flowers, at other people... at yourself. I often find myself wondering if it is all really worth it. To just love and not expect anything back. Are we supposed to just love and give and give, until we have nothing left for ourselves? Now, I'm not saying you should just go ahead and give something just because you are expecting to receive something back, after all, giving is not about waiting for something in return. But does this apply the same in...
End Of The School Year Remarks
June for many marks the end of the school year and I would first like to say, we made it. Each one of us was given challenges, though they all had the same source, each one played out differently. We will never be able to return back to the way things use to be, but that doesn't mean we can't remember them. This was but another bump in the road, and we overcame it. But we didn't come out of it perfectly (and we are still not fully through it), we may had loss someone or something, emotional troubles, physical obstacles, but we got through it. There is no doubt that this has been a troubling...
The Power of Gratitude- Poetry
In the darkness of the night, or the brightness of the day In the depths of the sea, or the heights of the sky In the silence of the streets, or the chaos of the house I am forever grateful for everyone and everything. This mere feeling of gratitude, overrides the inevitable solitude in our hearts It has the ability to turn sadness and happiness, a house into a home, an enemy into a friend It can turn helplessness into helpfulness, failure into success, procrastination into productivity Evil into Good Therefore, I am grateful for my family, friends and teachers. By surviving we are thriving...