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| Youngters at the back of a bakkie |
Some years back on the month of November I was born. I
do not always remember my birthday, most of the time I am usually surprised by
people wishing me a happy birthday on the social media networks and sometimes phone
messages and calls. Such gestures often remind me that wow, it’s the 17th
today”. This year my girl friend has been so concerned on what we are going to
do for my birth day celebration, she has been asking me time and again; what do you want for your special day?
This has led me to serious thoughts about my life and age; trying to figure out
the role that I have played and may still play in the society and in the
country at large in creating a situation that gives hope and better future.
The situation that young people today have found themselves in calls for one
not to be relaxed and watch things happening, it calls for one to take part and
be involved on the day to day struggles of improving one’s and other people’s
lives. For a long time young people have been shifted to the back seat and
reserved to grow up a bit in order for them to start engaging in serious
businesses like decision making processes, making their own choices about life
and other things. I am currently feeling like I am nearing my forties because
of the efforts I have contributed in engaging in shaping the environment to the
one that I would be happy with. I refuse being reserved or parked at the back
seat, as a young person. I see a need to strive, engage, fight and create
necessary conditions for me, friends, colleagues and the entire youth of
Swaziland and maybe my offspring.
The
reality that a number of young people have not yet discovered is that, the youths
are the back bone and the future of the nation. They fail to contribute to the
future of the society; they actually say it but fail to act as such. Then a
question is what really are they lacking, is it a courageous behaviour?
Unfortunately today we find the youth who are more interested in other places
which are not useful to them as well as the nation. They opt to spend their daily
lives doing drugs, engaging in crime and engaging in useless act; which is all
a recipe for failure. The common saying that the youth is the future means in
reality that young people are involved in taking their place in shaping the
future. Most young men of my age group are sitting at home lamenting and have
become experts in identifying challenges instead of bettering themselves or working
collectively in trying to come up with lasting solutions. It is not about what
you say but it is about what you do, so even if you can lament for years if you
decide to do nothing, nothing will change. They have no vision and if they do they do,
they do not have the drive to pursue those dreams or vision into a reality
should the time come. We must get control of this; we should not allow such behaviours
to dominate and kill the potential and our vision.
Many
of us are still young; we are in our twenties, which gives me hope that we
still have a choice. We can allow ourselves to stay our course and engage on
issues that will lead us to success. We have to show the older generation and
prove to ourselves that indeed we are the future. Let them know we are
intelligent and we have skills. Nothing can happen if we do not try; successes
or failures something has to be done. We will not get what we want overnight
either way but at least if we make an effort, then we have begun our journey to
what we want. One would then take this time to urge all my colleges and the
youth at large that it is not what we say but it is about what we do. Action!
Let’s do it.
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