A father once told his child that he could do anything he wanted, that he was smart, that he was talented, that he was unstoppable, that his dreams and passions could come true if all he did was reach for them.
But when we have thousands upon thousands of dreams to choose from, we freeze. We spend our time searching for what will make us happy, when in actuality it is us who have to make us happy.
A father once told himself that “this life isn’t the life I want” and repeated it over and over until he believed it was true, until it became a part of him. He spent his life searching for something, someone, some situation that would make his life happy, never realizing that it was within his own capacity to make himself happy.
And that small part of him… that small voice that screamed “You can do better than this” was passed down to his son. The trait of wandering for happiness was passed to the next generation, and it met with another voice it did not entirely expect.
Another voice calls up from the gut, a drive to be better, a drive to succeed, and with that drive came an added perspective – clairvoyance. The next generation could now see what others missed. Not in terms of being a great detective, but seeing things for as they really are. The next generation looks into working America, corporate America, where people busy themselves with chasing "the dream", chained to a device, chained to someone's will for hours on end, and hears the excuse that “this is how life is”.
This is not my life – the one side says.
Then what is? – asks the other.
Like a dog chasing its tail, the next generation spins madly, constantly wanting to search for something better, some opportunity to be successful, to have the life he has always wanted, yet never knowing what that life is.
Is he destined to madness? Should his mind be broken and succumb to the dark and dreary world of submission and invisible cages?
Here lieth the con of the millennial generation.
We blame the priors for problems of our present, yet do nothing to fix them.
Here lieth the question to the priors. How can we with what was left to us?
And we have come full circle.
The solution is there in front of us, waiting for us to reach out and take it.
The way will be clear in time.
But when we have thousands upon thousands of dreams to choose from, we freeze. We spend our time searching for what will make us happy, when in actuality it is us who have to make us happy.
A father once told himself that “this life isn’t the life I want” and repeated it over and over until he believed it was true, until it became a part of him. He spent his life searching for something, someone, some situation that would make his life happy, never realizing that it was within his own capacity to make himself happy.
And that small part of him… that small voice that screamed “You can do better than this” was passed down to his son. The trait of wandering for happiness was passed to the next generation, and it met with another voice it did not entirely expect.
Another voice calls up from the gut, a drive to be better, a drive to succeed, and with that drive came an added perspective – clairvoyance. The next generation could now see what others missed. Not in terms of being a great detective, but seeing things for as they really are. The next generation looks into working America, corporate America, where people busy themselves with chasing "the dream", chained to a device, chained to someone's will for hours on end, and hears the excuse that “this is how life is”.
This is not my life – the one side says.
Then what is? – asks the other.
Like a dog chasing its tail, the next generation spins madly, constantly wanting to search for something better, some opportunity to be successful, to have the life he has always wanted, yet never knowing what that life is.
Is he destined to madness? Should his mind be broken and succumb to the dark and dreary world of submission and invisible cages?
Here lieth the con of the millennial generation.
We blame the priors for problems of our present, yet do nothing to fix them.
Here lieth the question to the priors. How can we with what was left to us?
And we have come full circle.
The solution is there in front of us, waiting for us to reach out and take it.
The way will be clear in time.
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