Value For Life

Young people today are looking for meaning in their life and to understand the meaning they look for some models and guides. But if they do not find anyone who can guide them in their search, they may easily settle down to a shallow life and take refuge in a world of their own. 

Today, the lifestyle of young people is more and more determined by the group phenomenon. This is due to various sociological reasons: the decreasing role of the family, the means of mass communication, the greater degree of freedom enjoyed by the young people, etc. many of them feel a certain apprehension with regard to their future. Today there are new questions, new challenges, doubts, disenchantment, expectations and dreams. In the midst of all these, youth should be guided correctly in their search of meaning in life. 

Life has a way of kicking us when we are down and just when we think we cannot fall any lower, we get kicked again. But it is important to remember that setbacks, failures and tragedies are part of life. Whether we manage to find joy and success in the daily struggle of life is largely dependent on our ability to persevere through even the toughest adversity without ever giving up. 

We must always accept finite disappointments but we must never lose infinite hope because we must embrace pain and burn it out as fuel for our next journey of life. The Bible says “man falls seven times and stands up eight times” this gives us that motivation of never giving up for what we believe in that we have to accept all sorts of challenges so that we can feel the exhilaration of victory. You have to always do your best because what you plant now, you will harvest it later. I would rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Every creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, but not by the desire to beat others. 

Courage 

"In life, often the test of courage is not to die but to live”- Alfieri.

I want to claim that life has many challenges and they must be faced with courage. Courage is the ability to face the strains and setbacks of our rapidly changing environment with valour. It is inherently dynamic,motivates us to fight for our principles and values. It prompts us to face any situation and spurs us to stand boldly even in the face of death. 

Courage coupled with love makes us even sacrifice our life. It bestows on us superhuman powers leading us to heights of heroism. True courage is linked with deep faith. Courage has driven philosophers, scientists, technologists and freedom fighters to forge ahead undauntedly to achieve the impossible. It emanates not from the absence of fear but from the ability to overcome fear. It is the only force that induces us to meet peril, disaster and melancholy with calmness, poise, tranquility, fearlessness and confidence.