For a 40-year-old man, life is about living it to the fullest. It is about achieving dreams not for one’s own sake but for others. It is about learning and continuing to learn. It is about facing challenges, not giving up and overcoming them. It is about giving everything what you can give. It is about keeping your faith until the end. And it is about offering one’s whole life to God.
This man has found the true meaning of life through his years of experience and living, but how about a teenager’s view of life? Teenagers who are in the middle part of life. It is a part where you are too old to be a child and too young to be an adult. A part where your hormones start to change and you, either physically or mentally starts to change, too. It is where you are confused all the time because of these changes. Teenagers play a very important role in our society not only today but also yesterday and tomorrow. Yesterday, they’ve been innocent little ones, not minding their surroundings and not facing any challenge. Tomorrow, they will be the ones to continue the routine of life- working to have something to eat and eating to be able to work, thus to survive and make this world a better place. But today, they are confused human beings and seldom are self-centered ones.
For a 14-year-old boy, life is about dating tons of hot girls. It is about how many times he kissed a girl for a day. It is about always doing something together with his “barkada”. It is about spending more time with his friends and less with his family. It is about winning and beating his friends in an online game. It is about having the newest collectible robot model. And it is about being feared by other boys and being dreamed by a thousand of girls. On the other hand, for a 14-year-old girl, life is about always hanging out with friends. It is about dating a lot of hot boys. It is about wearing the trendiest clothes of the season. It is about having the latest technology. It is about being the “IT” girl. It is about having a slim and skinny body. And it is about being the hottest girl in school.
For short, life for the teenagers is about being wanted, being popular. It is when being talked about the whole time because of one’s awesomeness. It is when being a cool pal to hang with. It is having a power to make someone’s life better or to ruin it. It is when being well-known and can influence other people. It is when being very cool and very awesome. Popularity can be a teenager’s whole life. All they want is be wanted and to fit in.
It is sad to know but this is the fact: teenagers focus more on their lives than on their families or loved ones. But a few teenagers tend to make the best out of their lives. They get out of their way to change other people’s life for the better. Take for example, a 16-year-old boy with five younger siblings and who lost both of their parents in an accident. All the responsibilities of their parents were given to the boy. They were left with a house, with no relatives to help them out. The boy decided to stop studying and started to work. There were times when he loses hope. There were dark hours where he felt alone and tired. But he never quit until he was able to let all his siblings finish their studies. For this boy, life is about being able to eat three times a day. It is about seeing his siblings smile and say thank you after a long day of work. It is about working hard to pursue his dreams for his siblings. And it is about keeping his faith that God has a great plan for him and his family.
A story like this of a teenager who can give sacrifices for the future of his loved ones, is an inspiration to all teenagers. It shows that not all teenagers are self-centered. Like St. Therese of the Child Jesus who became a nun and devoted her life to God when she was only 15, we too can give our whole selves to God and live our lives to the fullest.
Teenagers are not too old to have fun and explore the wonders of life and are not too young to live a life following the footsteps of God.
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