I'm from a hopeless generation, but does it really have to be that way?

   And by that I mean a generation that literally has no hope. And that’s ironic considering the sheer number of campaigns aimed at making us feel better about ourselves. Campaigns and strategies that we cling to with all we have. And it helps for a while. But you can’t put a band-aid on a bullet-wound and expect the bleeding to stop. It’s not practical because that’s not what bullet-wounds need.

   We've lost hope in the prospect of wholesome relationships. We've lost hope in our parents. We've lost hope in the very systems in put in place to govern our society and help us live our day to day lives. Because most of us have been hurt ten times over or have seen the hurt in those closest to us. We tweet daily about corruption in the government and all the things wrong with the systems in place and rarely do we see our outcry come to fruition.

   So it’s become easier to not care. To drink away into oblivion because it’s not necessarily our problem. To distract ourselves instead of actually dealing with the problem. Because most of us haven’t reached the age at which we become in-charge of the problem. We feel powerless and overwhelmed. But we’re not. Pretty soon we’re going to be the parents and doctors and politicians and I don’t think having a defeatist view of the world will help us very much.

   How can we fix this? You need surgery. I need surgery. We all need surgery. To cut-out and remove those things in our minds that hinder us from changing things. To remove phobias about marriage and replace them with a realistic view of a wholesome relationship. To help us swim against the tide in matters of corruption and government and make our own informed decisions. To stop distracting ourselves and start figuring out solutions. To stop taking-in things that break us down and start taking-in those that build us up. Simply put, GIGO (Garbage in, garbage out). We need to actually fill our lives with the right things.

   The bible says in proverbs:

Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

²³ Above all else, guard your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.

 Which is totally true. It’s time to change the things that we’re feeding into our minds because our current diet clearly isn't working for us.

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