Hello everyone in the wonderful hive blockchain. I hope you are all doing well and enjoying your day wherever you are. Once again, I’m grateful to thee hive learners’ community for their amazing initiatives.
The hive learners’ community has again presented us with another amazing topic and I’m so glad to be participating in it.
Death is inevitable. One day, we will all leave this world with nothing, just as we came with nothing. What are the things we’d like to leave behind for the future generations? Resources shouldn’t be the only thing we should leave behind other vital and tangible things to make their lives better and easier than ours was.
The world today is so messed up. People living in this generations have done terrible things and made lots of mistakes. Should we allow the next generations suffer because of what we did or what we failed to do? The world is filled with wicked backstabbing people, the country’s economy is bad, different murder stories come up every day, we hear different stories of corruption, teenage pregnancy, drug trafficking, human trafficking, all around the world. Is this the world we want the next generation to live in?
There’s little or nothing to do to change how things are now, but one thing we can do to save our next generation is to leave tangible and beneficial things. This would make life easier for them, and they’d be able to avoid the crucial mistakes we made.
Here’s a list of the tangible and beneficial things I’d leave for my next generation;
An advice not to do drugs
Drugs or alcohol won’t solve your problems, instead they add to it. Drugs take you to a very dirty and ugly place disguised as paradise. Drug abuse is the excessive use of drugs which alters a person’s mindset. Today, drug abuse has become the mainstream of the day. Not only the youths, but adults also get involved in it.
I know people are suffering. I’m aware of the fact that people are going through a lot. But is drinking excessive alcohol and taking harmful drugs like marijuana the next step? It won’t solve anything. Yes, you may feel happy, “alive” for a few minutes, but soon enough that feeling will wear off and then what? You’re back to square one.
Drugs have really damaged the lives of so many people, most especially the youths. They think they are having fun and enjoying life when they smoke, drink and take harmful substances.
I’ll always continue to be grateful to my parents, especially my mom for bringing me up the right way. Growing up, my mom used to lecture my siblings and I about the dangers of cultism, alcoholism and drug abuse. Her teachings helped and guided me, even till today.
My mom is a nurse who works in a government hospital, not too far from where we live. Recently, I followed her to work and she took me to the psychiatric ward. About 70 percent of the people there were youths (between the ages 16-30). My mom told me most of them were there because the drugs they consumed had gotten into their system.
There is something annoying, funny and surprising about people who smoke cigarettes. “SMOKERS ARE LIABLE TO DIE YOUNG” boldly written on it. Yet, people still it. WHY!
When I newly gained admission into the university, I experienced a lot of terrible things. Thankfully, I didn’t go astray and hid to my mom’s advice. On the other hand, one of my hostel mates was influenced by bad friends. He was naïve and innocent when he came into the hostel, but after a few months he joined bad friends who were taking drugs, going for night parties and all. He started spending his money on weeds and alcohol. At the end of the day, his parents had to withdraw him from the school and take him to a rehabilitation center.
Businesses
Businesses are one of the important things that the next generations will surely need. Most of them are born in a country where there is low employment opportunities, leaving behind offline business will surely be of great help.
I’ll make sure I leave behind good and productive offline businesses so my next generation, I’m sure it’ll be of great value to them.
A friendly advice not to trust friends easily
I’ve had a lot of terrible experiences with friends or should I say backstabbers who claimed to be my friends? “Friendship” Is a really strong word, and you should be careful who you call your friends. Most people are just parasites in disguise. They want to be your “friends” because of their personal gain.
One of the main reasons why most people get involved in illegal and immoral activities is because of peer group influence/ bad friends. Just like my hostel mate that I talked about earlier; bad friends influenced and spoiled his life.
There’s no need to have two thousand fake friends when all you need is just one or two trustworthy friends.
Believe in yourself
Believe in yourself, don’t be afraid to try new things. Try a lot of new things. Make mistakes. Our mistakes are what makes us perfect/better. Don’t give up easily. Believe you can do better than others. BE OPTIMISTIC. Being optimistic is a family trait and I’d really love to pass this trait to the next generation.
Time is precious
Every seconds count. The next generation should not waste their time doing useless things. If they understand the value of time, they can gain more experience and do important things as quickly as possible.