Youths Today

The first key to self awareness and self discovery is to be true to one’s self that is; having a healthy self image of yourself. The need to be true to one’s self is fast being eroded and has been identified by psychologists as one of the most important and critical virtues every youths in the twenty first century must possess to survive the pressures of identity crisis in a repressive society as we have it today. Consequently every youth must inadvertently strive to possess a complete and total knowledge of themselves by having a good sense of identity. The biggest challenge that everyone is grappling with today regardless of their age demography in this present dispensation is that of self awareness. It’s like every where we turn there is that pressure on amd around us to define ourselves by what we see in our society, what we see on social media, by trends and fads and most critically the prevalent evolving youth culture. There is that pull and tug weight which is constantly pressuring us as youths to define ourselves. That pressure is why a lot of young people have made grave mistakes and have taken wrong decisions which often times are irreversible. Once you are true to yourself and are self conscious about who you are and who God has made you then that self identity and consciousness will guide you and help you absorb whatever pressure you are being subjected to. A healthy self image and identity is the greatest asset that you must possess if you would ever be able to make something of worth out of you lives and stand out among your contemporary regardless of the insurmountable pressure that the world places on you.For us to develop a healthy self image and self identity we firstly need to be in love with ourselves. The principle of self love is a very tricky one which must not be taken out of the contest of who we have been made by your creator. There is that need to balance out this principle of self love with Gods love which is never subjective but always very objective and does not rely on how good we are but how much He loves us. The knowledge of Gods love does not make us have a misplaced identity of ourselves but on the contrary it furnishes us with a true and genuine identity that is imbedded and predicated on the depth of love which he has for us which does not in any way depend on us but completely on Him. You need to know as you know thy self that God loves us unconditionally and that love has nothing to do with how good or bad we are but everything to do with His nature as LOVE! . Secondly we need to also recognize that He made us specifically for a divine purpose and everything about our lives and existence ties directly and completely within the ambit of all He has made us to be. This knowledge will constantly empower us and help us recognize that our existence in life is critical to His plan. You have not been born within a reason or a cause. You have a purpose and as significant and unique as your DNA is God also have a specific mandate that your existence is tied to and that is meant to achieve. Thirdly knowing thyself is critical to becoming all that God has appointed for you and appointed you for. A lot of young people miss out on the fun of living not recognizing how extremely significant they are not only to Gods plan but also in making our world a better place. My final charge to youths today is to be “true to thyself”! because it’s in being true to thyself that you will become all that God has planned for you and planned you for!!