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The Weight of the World Today’s youth seem to be going through a lot of conflicting emotions. With the influence of the media, they feel angry and want to blame others. In dark emotional moments they feel a sense of hopelessness, like nothing they do could matter. At the same time, today's energetic youth are more active, inspired, educated and hopeful than any other generation. Yet there is the real danger of becoming so busy with too many opportunities that they risk burnout.  People of all ages seem to be feeling the weight of the world... and I want to address this issue today. First, let me clarify that – yes, there is a huge amount of work left for us to attend to in order to create a sustainable planet. However: Let us remember the world my parents’ inherited. When they were teenagers in the 60’s, their parents were hardened, afraid and followed the rules… they didn’t rock the boat much, having just come out of a war and endured a sever economic...

 -- Chatter -- In keeping with our topic today: Youth - I wanted to share with you a poem (in lieu of the Quote of the Day) excerpted from my book Towards Understanding . This particular piece was written during a momentary depression over ethics in society - how we are taught not to be all these "good" things and that life will be rosey, but we are not taught that most adults are not able to live up to this ideal, and the world is a lot harsher than idealistic childhood views can be. We often think, as children, that when we grow up things will be brighter, better... but it isn't always so - at least not without a great deal of time and effort... and sometimes, losing connections with false friendships along the way. So this is the emotion that this poem is trying to express. Beguiling Youth *excerpted from page 135 of Towards Understanding Self-criticism denies me experiences while shame holds me in my past. Doubt in social circles leads me to my own grounds wh...

-- Quote of the Day -- " The drudgery of being a professional writer comes in trying to make good days out of bad days and in squeezing out the words when they won't just flow. " ~ Benjamin Cavell -- Conscious Discussions Radio -- Todays featured guest on Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show was Therese Tappouni who shared information on techniques to Teach Green to Children . Check out the archived interview by clicking in the hyper-links above... or look to the right side of this page for recently aired Conscious Discussions episodes. Find Dave & Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio shows & free resources & articles at www.brummet.ca