Generation Z
Weirdly, while watching a Disney movie I had a thought that I felt like I wanted to share. I rarely post anything of this sort but like I said in my previous statement I felt like I wanted this one particularly to be heard.
This generation is ours so we make what comes out of it, what goes down in history and yes there will be specific names from us that will be written in the history books but those names won’t be able to define us on their own, a leader is just a person speaking in front if no one is following. It’s a decision we make all together of what our generation will be, if we’ll be a generation who’ll waste everything that the people who came before us faught for because of silly differences we can’t be kind enough to try and understand and set aside or we’ll be a generation who’ll continue it and make it better. We have to face it that the world we live in changes almost everyday and most of time we will not meet eye to eye because with those changes mean different realities for each and everyone one of us, means different point of views and different likes and dislikes but in the end of the day we will always have one thing in common, WE are all here, WE are all living on this earth and WE are all accountable for each other and this place we live. I’m not immune to badly treating others and bad judgement but don’t you or don’t we ever feel guilty when we discriminate and realize the freedom we just stepped on came at a price of the lives of men, women and children, don’t we, girls, get that icky feeling when we use the voice that other women faught for so that we can use it just to use it to tear another woman down.
We are generation born into a borderless world but with fortified and hearts and minds. We were born into a time where we learn to make “connections” online before we even learn how to converse and understand the person right in front of us, we were born into a leap that we misunderstood for as a norm that we can understand but do we really? Do we know the fact that differences are hard to handle and that they exist and should be respected, do we understand how heavy a word can be when shot at to another person but really how can we understand that if we are too busy complaining and ranting online (ehem me right now). Complaining about how horrible the world is when technically it is our world so who’s to be blamed for that, complaining about the lack of kindness and love when we can’t even extend a hand of help to a fellow co-worker or classmate just because they are odd. We complain before looking in the mirror and that’s something I would plead guilty for. We are a generation convinced that walls are the way to go instead of bridges because walls keep you safe, I’m sorry honey but that isn’t an option for us.
I think the world is at the state it is because we teach our children how to pick themselves up and stop it there. They are taught to pick themselves up but never opened up to the fact that they are strong enough to pick others up too, that building success hand in hand is possible. We are all busy and hungry for power whether it’s being popular in school or money that we are loosing our eyes on something that I believe is fundamental, love and kindness.
It’s sad to think that I am part of a generation where heartless is seen as bravery and loving is being weak, that we see emotion as weakness and having a heart as a curse. We refuse to feel because feeling causes us shit but when we choose to not feel and only use logic we loose the one thing that makes is different from animals, our humanity. We cry over animal abuse but blame women for wearing revealing clothing and using that as a reason for rape, we like posts about mental health but spew words that make people feel like they want to kill themselves, we are a generation of paradox with great potential.
We are in need of dreams with grit but we have timid hearts, we need fighters with kind hearts but we are to afraid to be kind, we need bridges but we build walls but amidst all that we are all young and we all have the time to make a choice. So if you are one of the people born with the privilege of choice, it isn’t a privilege it is a responsibility. I will make the ballsy move to ask a favor from you, when you make choice alongside me as we live on in this world I ask that you don’t just choose for and because of yourself but because of those who came before and for yourself and those who will come after. What people will read about when it comes to generation Z won’t only be built by the front runners who contributed millions and dollars for equipment but it will also be built by the small people who contributed the smallest brick.
We live in a horrible world but we are all born with a choice. Add to the horror or die trying to keep a light burning.
