Young and Flourishing
A Rising Fearless Crop Of A Purpose Driven Generation
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The past is just that – the past. Of course, you cannot run away from it. There are young people who do not want to be reminded of their past. It is full of pain and heartache, lack, and scarcity. There are others though who want to be reminded of it. It was full of love, care, protection, and abundance. Either way, there is nothing you and I can do about what has gone by. There is nothing we can do about our past apart from learning from it. It is in our past that we had our foundations forged (hopefully). How do we respond to the past that we have gone through? If it was painful for example, what response would we have to it? You see, the truth of the matter is that unless we deal with what is in the past, it becomes burdensome to us in the present. We cannot choose to ignore it; we need to face it head-on. I can say it straight up here – very many youths had incredibly disturbing childhoods. Without belittling your past, I need to tell you that you cannot be held hostage by it. I cannot even begin to belittle the pain and the abuse that some young people have gone through their lives. Some of them have the scars to show for them because they have dealt with it and have come out clean. Others still have the wounds from their past. Some have incredible amounts of anger and rebellion against authority. For some, the very people that were supposed to care for them are the ones who abused them. Some are confused about life and have been ostracized by it. Indeed, for some young men and women life is a burden that has been meted out on them. They are just living for the sake of it. In fact, there are some young men and women who would rather die than live. The only thing that is holding them back is that they are not bold enough to take their lives. There Is Light at the End of the Tunnel I am here to tell you that I might have no idea what pain, heartache or mess it is that you went through or are even going through as a child. You definitely did not deserve it in anyway. I have some good news (and I am not taking your pain for granted). Through it all, you can start a new chapter of your life. You can turn the page and you can bet a much better ending. Your life does not have to continue in the direction that it is taking at the moment. There is a possibility that it could change. Probably by the time you are reading this, your life is now in your hands to such an extent that the decisions you make now will determine your next few decades or even the very extent of your life. I need you to flip the coin of life. For now, if it might seem like life has made you a victim, we need you to redefine that label. You are a survivor. If anything, you are more than a survivor. You are still alive and still around. From what I know about life, anything that is still breathing has a fighting chance for its usefulness right here on earth. So no matter what you have suffered, what you have been told, and what you have been denied, you still have a very massive potential to be a FLOURISHING YOUTH. There is actually nothing on the face of the earth that can stop your potential from coming to the fore. The only thing that can come close to that is death itself. Even then, once you have changed your label from victim to more than a survivor, you become sort of immune to death. There is no way God Almighty is allowing death to take you out at a tender age especially once you get locked in what your purpose and contribution in this life is. The fact of the matter is that the world needs you. Listen to this: We fancy that God can only manage His world by big battalions . . . when all the while He is doing it by beautiful babies. . . When a wrong wants righting, or a work wants doing, or a truth wants preaching, or a continent wants opening, God sends a baby into the world to do it. That is why, long, long ago, a babe was born at Bethlehem. (FW Boreham) Come to think of it. That is the key. Regardless of the roots and your past, the call is still on you as a youth. Think about what several young men have done in history. King David was ostracized as a child. He was just but an afterthought not only to his brothers but also to his father, yet it was him that delivered a whole country. William Wallace was but a youth when he died for his country. Jesus Christ was only 33 years old when he gave up his life for the world. He was a mere youth. Even as I speak today, there are very many young men and women that are doing incredibly revolutionary things. There are the youngest MBA and PhD graduates in history. There are the youngest billionaires in history, and at that age is even going lower and lower. There are the youngest entrepreneurs and innovators. The world like I said is not for the youth to lead it tomorrow. They are already doing it today. And you are needed in it. The world is waiting for a contribution that only you can make.
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Young and Flourishing is divided into two parts. In an interesting appeal, Herbert weaves the story of his life from childbirth together with four major pillars. These pillars of Money, Mentors, Daring and Strategy are what ingredients that will result in a fearless crop of Purpose Driven Generation. Using his personal story, Herbert instructs the youth on critical matters of life that will enable them to generate options in life from an early age. The Purpose of this book is to inspire the youth to be proactive, daring, creative and diligent with what they have in their hands in order to create the kind of life that they so much desire. In reading the book a young person is challenged to quit transferring their powers and responsibilities to someone other than themselves such as their parents and the government.