Youth and World Peace.

In times past, a youth is confined and dedicated to farmwork on his father’s land. He is bent on protecting all his parents’ landed properties and making sure no gold digger dubiously takes possession of any. He is just satisfied with and leaps at mere exhortations like: “the richest farmer”, “the bravest hunter”, “the powerful herbalist”, “the strongest wrestler”, “the famous fish farmer”, “the best palm wine tapper”, “the wisest trader”, “the renowned flautist” and the list goes on. On the contrary, in present times, there has been a complete switch in the choice of career. We now hear of young CEOs, entrepreneurs, social activists, country ambassadors, writers and experts in various professions.

Fortunately, in this our 21^st century,
majority of the active population are the youths. Besides, they are the future leaders of tomorrow and must have the right perception about life and leadership. They must imbibe the right attitude towards achieving success and not believing that they have to cut corners in order to succeed. Right-minded people are satisfactorily happy in their doing good, individuals around them get happy infectiously, the environment is saved and showers of God’s blessings are seen and felt.

Bad leadership and corruption, mediocrity, eye service, embezzlement of public fund, incompetency, laissez-faire attitude, insecurity, crime and war- direct uprooters of peace, must flee. Until this is done will justice, equity, good governance, good management of fund, hardwork, commitment, love, success, togetherness and most of all world peace, thrive.

The young and active population of our day- the youths, have a major role to play in making this dream a reality. We live in a world where there is freedom of speech and besides, the world has gone digital. Fully 95% of youths have access to the internet and is thus vibrant on social media. In order to promote world peace, just one youth can go in search of like-minded youths in his nearest community, make peaceful deliberations and come up with realistic strategic plans and goals, that when implemented, will ensure that their environment is a peaceful and secure place to inhabit. Small groups of this sort in various communities can be started small but its positive impact felt on a much larger scale, even attracting a national or international audience. With all their strength, youthful vigour, acquired knowledge, wisdom and intellectual quotient geared towards initiating/reviving peace both on a local and worldwide scale, their tireless efforts will definitely be crowned with success by God- the initiator and lover of peace. More so, youths can reach a wider audience through good use of the social media platform- having online presence, forming online groups, engaging in useful discussions and deliberations/chats and coming up with workable resolutions.

It is really worthwhile to be associated with anything good. “Anything worth doing is worth doing well”. It gives one a sense of responsibility and a good measure of inner satisfaction. I would wholeheartedly love to be part of this re-vamp. Yes, show us where to stand and we will rule the world! What about you?