The end of family life?

Almost every teacher, who looks into the eyes of his/her students can't help but be perplexed or sit in grief.Woe, worry, fears and aimlessness glisten out of many of those eyes. I have every now and then shed a tear when news arrived of another brawl between some twos' or threes' or that another teenager has been left pregnant. More disparaging news just keeps populating small talk,table talk and hallway conversations.I wonder what their adult lives will be.I can see reflected in those eyes, fears that shouldn't be their lot for their times and age. Whatever happened to happy,fearless childhood?Many can't tell 'right' from 'wrong'. Nor do they seem to know what sex is for! This issue/question boils down to human worth , talent and the purpose of life itself.These kids are the next generation of leaders who'll flood public life and offices.Just why this character blighting? How has this come about and why is it dragging everyone down in it's wake ? I think the real reason's : family life . Family life as it should be has broken down .Family units have  become dysfunctional and worse days lie ahead for it. Children who are moorless come up with their own manifestos just as parents did not too long ago and continue to.The historian , Edward Gibbons was right.He attributes the fall of the mighty Roman Empire to:


1. “The rapid increase of divorce; the undermining of the dignity and sanctity of the home, which is the basis of human society.”

2.  “Higher and higher taxes and the spending of public monies for free bread and circuses for the populace.”

3. “The mad craze for pleasure; sports becoming every year more exciting and more brutal.”

4. “The building of gigantic armaments when the real enemy was within, the decadence of the people.”

5. “The decay of religion–faith fading into mere form, losing touch with life and becoming impotent to warn and guide the people.”
 
 Read more at :
http://www.redstate.com/wbf/2011/11/08/edward-gibbon-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-and-the-hymn-of-the-welfare-state/

Teen Fears..

One of the biggest fears teenagers are afraid of today is that they may not be financially secure, maybe even not make it into the haves.That coupled with all the bad news coming off presses doesn't help.But unless one prepares for the future , that 'future' however it comes,wherever it comes from will bear down upon you and may even crush you in it's wake.It would be better if you confront the situation should it come a'knocking.

Get back into the FAMILY history.Did anybody in the family line , either Mom's or Dad's excel  at any enterprise ? Do you have an idea that you want to take into the market place ? Have you been seen talking to entrepreneurs or business owners about starting up? Can you do some homework? You owe it to yourself because what you do is what's going to make or break your life .

Should you hold a job ? Is a job safe ? Is a job all the security in the world ? Here's something to ponder :Here's Steve Pavlina's OPINION on that.

Or how about thinking differently ? Why not learn up on the basics of starting a business ?
Here's a suggestion , a lead :

Flipping Burgers?Why Not Make More Money And Develop A Resumé-Buffing Skillset?

Individual OR Conformist

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.”
― Jim Morrison

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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”
― Judy Garland

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Start A Wild Ride....

Have you ever looked into the heavens and asked a hundred questions ?Why were we born wherever we are ? What is life ? What's behind of life when we vanish into death ? By the time we are done fumbling , fuming , wringing for the answers , well , we are grown up .But the chapters to our lives are just about to roll out.Very soon we get out of college and dive into the marketplace.Another chapter to the story of our lives begs for a title : what are we going to or should do with the rest of our lives ?
So we dig  into the marketplace and  carom ourselves  around , building careers. Carving , paving paths that 'everybody' does - the safe , the comfortable , the common and keeping  to the gemutlichkeit of our commune. Hoping that our dreams will bring the rains.

But sadly,quite like it had been for our old people , after majoring in wrong turns here and there , we scramble back again under the same skies , back onto the same spot on the beach  seeking  both solace and answers to another question : Will I be a person of substance ever ?
All of our efforts haven't behaved.Those cherished dreams have fled from memory , forgotten like the forms of last week's clouds.
Yet can we hang our life out to dry ?
No!
Go throw yourself into another mellee!
It's time to do some exciting things in life.
Keep being in the habit of taking risks - small , perhaps- now and then.

Start something...

A Way to Plug Your Money Leaks

 Life is many things - getting married , starting a family, moving to a new job and yes , heartaches : family squabbles , a divorce , rip offs by close friends. But whatever it is , if you aren't prepared ,you're gonna be beaten,really beaten down.
One of the ways you can stay on top in life is to be prepared for all the financial changes that come with these events.These are milestones that will determine where your life is going to be headed to unless you correct directions or hue back to your road map. Here's a nudge that'll crop the anxieties that herd into your heart during the messy days in our lives.

A Financial  Roadmap

Don't Let Life Happen ........

Poverty is a terrible reality today around the world.One place where this problem is both constant and dire is in inner cities /ghettoes across the world.With the mellee some economies are in , it wouldn't be surprising if more people get drowned or stumble into poverty . Early pregnancies , teen violence , drug dependence , homelessness  -  the litany of common bad that these groups of people are up against literally sears the conscience.
But there's another side to all this: that each one of us DOES have complete control over our lives. You are free to be whatever you wish to be provided you work hard enough for it , that there is a price for the prize.Don't let life happen to you . You can beat the odds and come out on top.Although many careers are predicated on education and funding , here's one opportunity that requires BOLDNESS and it costs you nothing literally.

Don't 'TRY', Just DO IT!