Every child within
the ages of 12 -19 is a teenager, irrespective of the stature, look or weight.
Don’t let your stature make you feel too high or less of yourself.
Dear teenagers,
this stage of your life is very crucial to your future because at this stage of
your life, your mind becomes more active than before; you gradually begin to build up your own
ideas, views and attitudes about life. Such ideas and views gradually build up
a new attitude in you, either good or bad, and they determine your sense choice
and decision. Now check out the equation;
YOUR VIEWS, IDEAS + NEW ATTITUDES = YOUR
CHOICE AND DECISION = YOUR FUTURE.
Permit me to tell
you that the things you expose your mind to through what you see, hear or read
determine your new ideas, views and attitude, and they all determine your
future.
For instance, if
all what you mind to as a teenager now are books, music, videos and television
programmes that place too much value on money, sex and fame, don’t be surprised
when you find yourself having a strong desire for such things. In fact, such
things become your driving force in life. No wonder there are many youths today
who despise hard work and honesty, but will rather do anything to get money in
order to impress people. This is because they were exposed to such ungodly
lifestyle through what they watch, read or listen to. Now they have developed
wrong value system, which is now affecting their ways of life.
Mind you, many of
those celebrities you watch or read about are fake, as fake as the makeup they
wear. They make you feel life is all about money, fame and sex, but meanwhile,
deep inside them, they are unfulfilled and unhappy. Therefore, be careful of
what you watch, read or listen to. To balance the equation of life, check out
this complete formula;
WHAT YOU SEE, READ
AND LISTEN TO = YOUR IDEAS, VIEWS AND ATTITUDE AS A TEENAGER...............Equation
1
YOUR IDEAS, VIEWS
AND ATTITUDE = YOUR CHOICES AND DECISIONS AS YOU GROW INTO ADULTHOOD....Equation
2
YOUR CHOICES AND
DECISIONS = YOUR FUTURE AS A FULLY GROWN ADULT.........................................Equation
3
Here are my
questions for you
1)
What kind of future do you
desire for yourself?
2)
What are the things you
consistently expose your mind, sight and ears too?
3)
Are the things you watch,
read and listen to helping you to build good ideas, views, and attitudes as a
teenager?
Ponder deeply on
these three questions and be sincere in your answers to them. This stage of
your life cannot be skipped, neither can it be repeated. You have just this one
life to live, and either you like it or not, we all are products of our yesterday’s
choices and decisions. Bear in mind that those choices and decisions were also
a result of our ideas, views and attitudes that we developed while growing up
as a teenager. Never forget that those ideas, views and attitude were not
inborn, they were a result of what we exposed our mind, sight and ears to (maybe
videos, real life events, television programmes, novel, discussion, magazine,
social media, etc.).
Ponder on these
things and begin to make every necessary correction before it’s too late. Life
is a fertile field; it gives back to you in multiples whatsoever you plant in
it. What are you planting into your life now as a teenager?
