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Opinion
Youth Potential
To all the youth reading this and myself, we
are the backbone of a society. All the others
including the young and old rely on us to do all
the work –just about everything. Due to this high
dependency on youth in society, we have an
important role to play because the future of our
families, communities and the country lies in our
hands.
We are the most capable age group that has the
potential to change the world. We are like the
main characters in a movie. The chocolate in
chocolate chip cookies.
The youth also make and spread new trends
around the world. We can say that we are the
voice of the world.
Now, according to unfpa.org, 25 percent of the
global population are youth between the ages of
15 and 24 - that is 1.8 billion youth, or 1.8 billion
treasures.
Imagine what they would do if they all worked
side by side and brought together all their heads,
like the saying “two heads are better than one”,
make that 1.1 billion heads.
Let’s take a look at a few teenagers who made
history.
Lious Braille, yes that last name probably ringed a Muhammad al-Jawad, the one who greeted
bell. He invented the Braille language for the blind everyone humbly, fulfilled the needs of the poor,
in 1824 when he was just 15 years old! Being
blind himself, he was inspired and determined
at a young age to conceive of a way to read and
write.
Next, we have the famous young Pakistani
activist MalalaYousafzai, who in 2014 became
the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
She was famous for speaking out against the
Ali Tekmaji
Taliban and encouraging young girls like herself
to pursue an education.
Now, with all the potential we have, how much of
it is actually being put into work? Here are several
key points to activate youth potential:
• Education: The knowledge youth acquire from
school is vital for succeeding and thriving.
• Creativity: Add your own flavoring to everything
you do. Try to make it better in every way
possible.
• Involvement: Try to be involved in all activities
held in your communities and be active. Use and
spread the knowledge and creativity you have.
• Connections: Connecting with other youths,
as mentioned earlier if everyone worked side by
side and brought together all their heads, it would
create unparalleled power. The power to come
up with new ideas and mechanisms that lead
to success. Not only that, but we can see what
others have gone through and learn from one
another’s mistakes and experiences.
Finally yet importantly, it is noteworthy to
mention an ideal youth in history who occupied
the highest position in human virtues and
moral attainments. He is none other than Imam
maintained Islamic requisites of equality and
simplicity, helped the poor secretly, treated even
the foes fairly, extended hospitality and conveyed
true Islamic knowledge to all. All while being a
youth just like us. He was living only 25 years.
He was able to set an example for us that age is
nothing but a number. It is up to the person and
his dedication to reach success.
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