TwoCents | IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S LIFE.

“When I was her age, I had not even achieved half of what she has achieved”, cried Pamela. Life changes and that is what we don’t know and to meet up with dynamism of the this world then something new must be introduced to catch up with it. Life keeps advancing, but a whole lot of us are not aware. We now think that the younger ones are better than we are, not the younger generation….. When you say the younger generation, those are the children, I think. The younger ones are also in the same generation as you are, but they are younger. We think that the younger ones are better than we are. The younger generation are meant to be better than the older generation. Even parents pray for their children to become greater than they are. What most of the older children seem not to understand is that Every year, new changes are made. Just like releasing a new i-phone with new and better features that makes it easier to use, new changes are made in life which makes it easier to improve. Some of these improvements come from realizing the adults’ mistake or what became of them when they followed a particular path. I will give some examples.Youths these days go into trade so as to prevent unemployment in the future, like the older ones are facing now. To some of the older ones, they begin to feel like the younger ones are better and talented than they are, no, they are actually looking up to you and got the ideas from you. Social media is another. Many, in fact, a whole lot of the younger ones now own social media platforms and are doing well. This has made some of them become popular. How did they do it? I am older than he/she is, she was my junior in school are some of the things you hear from the older ones. To be honest, most of them are not better than you are, they just found easier ways to do things which were not easily done in the past years when you were about their age.Technology has greatly improved and has helped the younger ones to use social media better. Writing is another thing. Children these days have all the equipment they need at their disposal. Therefore, it is easy for them to write and get their book published.Despite all these, they make mistakes easily because the older ones are more experienced than they are. Most times, the younger ones are not ready to take corrections. This is what makes you, the older ones better. You know the right from wrong. Do not feel bad, find away to become better. Find out what truly your gift is and develop it. What do you feel about this issue. Let me know what your take is. Don't hesitate to share your thoughts. Thank you 😊

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