Yeah,
actually, why? That's what I asked myself this morning after reading
the news over a hot cup of coffee.
This
generation does not stand up for anything. Even if there's a group of
them that does stand up, their voice is so weak – it's more like a
whisper – so unlike to be heard, unless you pay attention and
really listen to it. The majority of generation Y just does not give a
damn about anything but social media, fashion, television,
relationships, and boyband breakups. Of course, as some of you might
say, that's a result of how you've been raised- you weren't born
ignorant- you grew up to be one. This statement is partly true.
Unless your family has tought you respect and manners, nobody should
really expect these virtues from you. Once you, the ignorant
millennial kid, will interact with other people and show your lack of
kindness and integrity, remember that they do not know your
background, and most likely won't tolerate your attitude.
I
think Gen Ys are worse than the Gen Xs. Gen Ys are hypocrites. They
put their hipster mask on and act like world peace activists,
openminded people with strong personalities and much more spiritually
evolved individuals than their ancestors. However, when the right
time comes, that mask is put down and they show their real self which
is no other than a racist, insecure and complex human being who just
wants to be left alone while enjoying his fancy Starbucks coffee and
taking pictures of it so that he puts it on Instagram minutes later.
They don't let reality in, they're too fragile to look around and
realize what's going on because that will require action and they
just do not want to care. They're just fine inside their cynical
bubble.
To
be completely honest here, I'm a cynic too. A huge one actually.
“Scratch any kind of cynic and you will find a disappointed
idealist”, George Carlin said once. So, how can you not possibly be
a cynic in such a harsh world? There's a certain picture in your mind
of how the world should really be and when you compare that picture
with reality the least you can get is disappointed. There's no cure
for that, i'm highly convinced that i'm gonna be let down by humanity
my whole life, but unlike the rest of you i'll give it a shot, i'll
try to make a difference where I can and the way I can. What helps a
cynic do that, try make a difference, what helped me specifically do
that, was having people around me that just don't give up. They do
not give up on me, they do not give up on their dreams, they do not
give up on that picture I told you about few lines ago. In my life,
Tim is one of them. I've never seen him lose his spirit over a handful
of setbacks and pitfalls. Another thing I love about him is that he
doesn't count his words, if he feels something is wrong he states it
out. You'd be surprised of how many times he scolded me because, due
to my cynical nature, I crossed some lines. If we were comic heroes
I'd most definitely be the villain while Tim would be the
soft-hearted hero. And you know what happens to villains right?
Eventually, they come around or end up dead. Well, there's a third
option, where you have sequels but that fact doesn't really help me come across my point at the moment!
Anyway,
you have to think about that. If you call someone an ignorant, you
just called him a name, you didn't solve anything. What it takes to
beat a bad attitude that is for someone to genuinely care. Tim cares.
His passion for humanity restoration can be contagious even to people
like me. Hopefully, everyone has a Tim in his life. Let's just stop
our generation's reputation, the so called “why bother”
generation.
Is
it hard? Not if you have the right attitudes.
It's
having the right attitudes that's hard.
Roert
M. Pirsig
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