Teenage Dreams

I know that by looking at the title of this article, most of you will think that I am going to talk about the song by Katy Perry- Teenage dreams. But I am sorry, you all are going to be disappointed because this is something more useful than some song by a very popular singer. It is about US. Well, most of US don't know what does this US stand for. This US is not just a two letter word, infact it is the whole lot of people we count as US. And this time I am taking US as the teenagers of the country, the growing pillars of the country. When we are 12,  we think that "Woah! Just 1 more year, and I will be a teenager, we all think that teenage is the best time of our life, it's the time we should have fun and nothing else. But, Hello! WAKE UP GUYS! you are getting it all wrong. Teenage is the age when we should be cautious all the time. But, most of us realise it after we pass this age, when we enter mid age. Till then we would have marks on our body of those cuts we made when we were young, and then we would regret what we did. But what's the use then, wake up now, so that you dont have to regret later just the way you regret later for missing the school bus just cause you woke up late. This is an alarm for all of US, we still have time, WAKE UP! there is still some time for school to start. So, as I said, we are the pillars and pillars are always the support for the building. So we must be strong, to prevent the building i.e our nation from collapsing. But the question is, how do we do that? we cant put very good cement like the real building pillars. But we can build it stronger through our decisions. Decision making is considered to be the most vital life skill to survive in the 21st century. And the most important decisions are taken during this age, for e.g choosing the right career option. The job market of the 21st century may offer more options and flexibility than that of the 20th century but its volatility also requires us to become more resourceful, adaptable and pro-active. Learning how to do good career planning, is now an essential life skill for those who want to be engaged in their work, earn a good salary, and end their lives with a sense of satisfaction. We all have huge aspirations in life and a great deal of self confidence too, that is sometimes out of proportion with our abilities. We are taught to believe that we can accomplish anything at anytime. We are very lucky to have been armed with technology, many of us take it as a blessing , but some of us take it granted and use it for selfish and egotistic purposes. Most of US curse our education system, just because it's harsh. But WE are wrong, we should curse ourselves for not being able to adapt to the system, but our normal human behavior does not allow us to do so. It's high time we change our attitude and start being a bit flexible because that's what the society demands. We all say that we have our so called TEENAGE DREAMS, but did we ever think that is it really possible? It's all fictitious and unreal, some dream to date some film stars, some dream to own a sports car. But no one ever thinks that, how can we make it possible. No one thinks that if I work harder, I will be a big person in the future, then these things wont be a dream for me. Why can't anyone think this way. The question is WHY? And this is the question of the MILLENNIUM.