but when I remind myself that Jesus has come into our world to save and transform it, we can live in this present life with hope. Apparently, these moral values and self-discipline are slowly diminishing over the years, as most of the younger generation is gradually disregarding these ethics. Parents normally teach their children honesty and righteousness from the tender age yet as they grow they loose on the values learnt and gradually fade away as it hardly mean anything to them as they think that these are things of the past.
At times one wonders as to what the world is coming to? Too many things happening like rape, murder, suicide etc, it appears that the humans have fallen apart so much and the generations to come are going to be a pathetic lot. Personally I think things will get worse instead of better, in times to come as gradually the essence of morality is absolutely lost. The only thing anyone can do is try to see the good in the world around them and be positive when the bad times are upon them.
We will all need each other that much more as every second day we only hear corrupt things happening in the society that we should be ashamed of. It’s pitiable when we hear about the atrocities committed to women and particularly to the children. Things will change when we stop commanding change and be the change ourselves.
There have been ups and downs in this perfectly imperfect world for all of existence. There’s a strong lack of morals and ethics as everyone wants the easy way out, no one wants to work they all want to be the next big thing. During our childhood days we were taught by our parents the simplest of morals like, respect, care and consideration for others specially the elders, which we did abide.
Today a simple display of respect like offering the elderly a seat on the bus is being replaced by scenarios of youngsters competing with them for seats instead of showing the principles of care for elders. Here we cannot entirely blame our youngsters as even if they were taught the right morals and values, the outside pressure is more and they can drifted by the external force.
Adults/parents need to make teenagers aware that they are worth something. They need to enlighten them to the fact that although they might not be adults, they still have the ability to change the world, whether it is in small steps or in large leaps. Parents should be role models, and are considered their children’s greatest authority. If parents expect and assume teenagers to drink, do drugs, and cave into peer pressure, then I do not doubt they will make excuses for themselves. However, parents are the first role models for their children and their responsibilities include motivating and shaping the minds of their children in such a way that they are not easily swayed by negative influences; but that, instead, they will make good choices to foster a healthy society. It is the responsibility of parents to teach their children the benefits of the children honoring their parents as God promised extended life to parents who would grow their children in the fear of God.
