Where Real Changes Happens

 

 Isn't it weird that the same people who talk about equality tease boys for "crying like girls"? Isn't it weird that the same people who talk about youth empowerment dismiss the young ones' ideas? Which giving the speech it's fine, in fact empowering and hopeful when everyone is keen to listen, but if it remains a speech instead of an action, was the truth that it was all an illusion? You told me that my voice matters, but when I speak up, you don't pour fuel to the fire, you don't light up our spark, you don't welcome the flame. You wear that falsely sweet smile of yours and push it away. You that it's too loud, too little, too much. You don't let them explain, you don't let them express, you just shut the light out before it even gets a chance to shine its beams on the world. Because you're scared. Scared of failure, scared of the future, scared that it won't work out. So you return to the old ways, telling us to good, be obedient, study hard, do what you're told. When you're too busy putting the youth in boxes, how do you expect the youth to be empowered? How do you expect them to step out of the cage you put them in, how do you expect them to share ideas without being scared anymore? Because building the future isn't a one-way road. It's not the weight of the world or the teenagers' problem to fix. It's a sustainable life to be built, step by step, brick by brick, together. So maybe real change doesn't happen when you give motivational speeches. Maybe it starts with a, "Would you like to share your opinion?"