Teenage is either the best or the worst time of our lives. The period of unstable mindset and curiosities. I just wonder, how incredibly human is made by nature, for around 7 to 8 years, we all are careless about a lot of things around us, and about us, we don’t care much about how we look or how people think of us.
But then, this period arrives and all the tables are turned. We lose a lot of traits of childhood, becoming more considerate, becoming so-called “young adults”. Now we start thinking about the things, we become “symbolism amateurs”, speaking and understanding much more complicated and symbolic language than that which we used earlier. In informal words, ‘shit starts settling in’.
We start ‘developing’ emotionally, mentally, and of course physically. At times, I wonder, which is better? Are we actually ‘developing’ or getting into a ‘labyrinth’? I mean, just look at our generation, how many of us are actually capable of bringing out positivity in the world? Forget bringing out something, how many of us have a stable mindset with values and ethics to sustain ourselves in the ‘society’. Most of y’all might even say, “to hell with society”, but just think for a second, what if you are not respected at your workplace? What if nobody cares about your existence? The viewpoint is practically impossible and of course short-term mindset.
Human beings are ‘different’ from animals because we ‘socialize’, if you think society and socialization ain’t right, then you ain’t thinking with the idea of the human as a base. We all can see many quotes on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media applications about being ignorant of society, but the point is that we take the wrong meaning out of it. And the reason that happens is that we are energetic and full of enthusiasm but intellectually fools.
Everybody will agree that every society has flaws, but there’s very little chance that the viewpoints of two people match 'these flaws'. A simple explanation for this is that we all are blessed with different thoughts, something one person considers okay might not be okay for another person. The question here is, how do we decide that the thing we say is a flaw is actually a flaw?
For this, we can have various approaches. You see, the world is moving forward with the concept of ‘free will’ governed by some limitations, which actually limit the ‘free will’ of a person to harm somebody else’s ‘free will’. Any factor of society that violates this perspective should be altered. These alterations cannot be brought immediately, for this is a change in the thoughts of people. Regular references and debates on such subjects involving the masses have the potential to bring out such changes.
Now, there are several other things like ethics and values of the majority population which setup limits of behavior. In most cases we actually see the surface effects of such limitations, ignoring the fact that these at times reduce the vulnerabilities. These limitations are evolved over time and whether we live following these or not, our social image is always affected by these.
Every successive generation has a change in thoughts and perceptions which are actually based on personal exposure and access to information. During such circumstances, social-behavioral democracy comes into play. When that newer generation comes into power, the thoughts on which the majority agrees, become the new ethics of society.
Teenage can be the best period of life if we understand the existing scenarios and frame our opinions based on facts and pieces of evidence. We just can’t control our biological changes to occur, but what we can do is use the newly emerged power of understanding to shape our solid opinions, and while believing in the concept of constant reforms.
The biggest flaw in human beings which I feel should be altered is the loss of innocence. I agree we don’t belong to the category of children anymore but it isn’t wrong to be childish at times after all, creativity and innovation are also a combination of the disciple (which we learn as we grow) and child-like spirit (which we should retain).
Believe in adapting, learning and self-testing.
