By Jan Vicente B. Pekas
Thinking with our heads is what often gets us out of trouble. The common sense to do the right thing, though sounds simple, can be so complex when adding in the context of a human person’s life. Different situations can give clarity to some of our decisions in life. Our unique complexities give us the why
in choosing irrational choices. Though understanding that from an outsider’s point of view can be hard, putting in the effort to understand a person on a deeper level can tell you everything.
The head, though amazing in what it can do, can be a person’s number one enemy. Overthinking every small thing in life, something any person can relate to turns a rational head upside down in a matter of seconds.
Depending on how one grew up, a young person can live through years with constant doubt pestering his efforts in everyday life. Having a voice inside your head constantly undermining your every decision is not a fun experience.
People take years in figuring out how to silence that voice or develop the thick skin necessary to take in criticisms. Healing the mind is not a simple one. Add in an environment unkind to all things mental related and the wound inside of peoples’ head gets left unattended.
We all have our own issues inside. Sometimes that makes it hard to go out of our way in learning about other peoples’ own issues. Though cynical is not a concrete definition for everyone we meet. For a lot of people, it is because of others’ selfless act in reaching out their hands in support that they heal and see life in a positive light.
Role models mean so much that they become catalysts for others in changing for the better. Role models don’t have to be someone famous but simply a person we aspire to be like. Memorable teachers, just to name some, though all the way from the past now can still influence how we act today because of the impact they had on young peoples’ lives.
In forming meaningful connections with the young people of today there needs to be an acknowledgement of their unique problems both outside and inside. People can no longer just brush off the importance of a healthy mental wellbeing especially in today’s world. This acknowledgement of mental problems should reach everyone, not just the youth. Anyone who managed to live multiple decades in this world have their own invisible scars that need healing.
As we all grow older, we begin ceasing to be followers but start becoming leaders. Youths of the past now become role models for a lot of young children today. It becomes ever more important in addressing the troubles we had as children so as to make sure that the next generations don’t go through the same loop.
The complexities of understanding the children of today though it gets more and more complex each day, is a necessary riddle to solve if we mean to unlock everyone’s potential and contribute in their healing.**
