Sometimes I think that we, Generation Y, actually have it worse off than those ppl in the past despite all that's been said about us being being born in the most fortunate era.
We have so much goods around us that we get spoilt for choice, sucking us into the greedy, selfish world of consumerism.
We have so many forms of entertainment that we over-indulge ourselves in them and end up having to find some OTHER sources of entertainment from OVER-entertainment.
We are so connected through internet, IMs, emails and totally abandon snail mail as well as sacrificing REAL interaction with friends for chatting sessions online, leading to our need for human touch to be starved, leading to poor EQ.
We are exposed to so much lousy content on the media that bad things become common and good things go rare.
We need as much love as our parents need but we have to endure so many broken relationships in families and between friends, once again, no thanks to the media.
But on the bright side, I come to realize that maybe all these are actually blessings in disguise!
The lure of materialism makes us realize easier (if we bother to actually think about it) how greed can NEVER be satisfied, that once we get sucked into that world, we'll CONSTANTLY be looking out for the next best thing. Notice the word 'NEXT' in the previous phrase. That just means there will always, ALWAYS be sth that's better coming up.
"The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever." ~ 1 John 2:17
The distractions around us act as 'tests' to measure our ability to withstand temptation. That just means that we're actually capable of resisting even more than our predecessors...?
"... He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear." ~ 1 Cor 10:13
Our limited human contact becomes all the more valuable and memorable because we have so few of it and therefore we do NOT take it for granted then, right?
In the midst of all the bad stuff happening and being promoted, it just accentuates the presence of good. When someone actually does sth good, it gives a shocking jolt to see goodness in humanity, which gives good even MORE power, right?
All those broken relationships around us just go to prove how imperfect our human love is and consequently points us to the perfect love of God above. God's love becomes even more real in the midst of all the unkempt relationships we observe/experience.
*sigh...* Love love... Love is such a nice feeling.
When God's love abounds within us, everyone just seems so much more lovable. *sigh...*
Youth convention is over. No more camps for this year.(I think.)
People are just so nice to get to know!
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