Youth-Hood . . . An Unforgettable Journey of Our Life!

In this lifetime we all experience different and exciting journeys. Childhood-the beginning of our life where one lives a dependent and totally nonchalant/heedless life, Adult Hood-an independent stage of life where one’s worn-out tools are experience, wisdom and maturity. And in between these two stages comes the most memorable and enchanted journey of life- the “Youth Hood”. It is, after all, just a moment, but it’s the moment, the spark, that we always carry in our heart.

Youth has no age span, it can stay in you as long as you feel young. It’s in your heart and in your mind. Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty and anyone who has the ability to see beauty never grows old. As Henry Longfellow has said, “How beautiful is youth! How bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine and each man a friend.”
So, what is “Youth Hood”?. Youth is when you dare to look into the eyes of the world, when you look at life from your point of view, when you try to solve the problems your way, when you have too many  questions but no answers, when your life’s moto becomes “Do or Die”, when pleasure is in climbing the walls rather than using the open gates, when “Whys” and “Hows” keep popping in your mind, when you think your parent’s are the ATM machine, when “cool” and “hot” are the only adjectives you remember, when FASHION becomes the first priority, when flying without wings seems worth a try, when you laugh in the face of danger and of course when Love is everywhere and studies. Nowhere! If you start experiencing all this then….Hey Welcome to Youth Hood!!! A lifetime to go flashing from one end of the world to the other, to hear the chimes at midnight, to see the sunrise in town and country, to wait for the dark and gloomy night just to see the twinkling stars, to run a mile to see a fire and to take the sunny side of the road instead of the shady one….This is what we call Youth hood.

Youth are always challenging and daring. Young men desire to invent than to judge, to execute than to counsel and are more fit for new projects than for settled business. But then again, youth is not a time period of life, it’s a state of mind. It’s not a matter of rosy and pink cheeks and red lips. It’s a matter of will, quality of imagination, a vigor of emotions. It’s the freshness of the deep springs of life. It does not require reasons for living. It only needs pretexts.
 
As a whole, youth is the one who keeps its country alive, determined, sound and prosperous. It is surely the strength and hope of a nation. We live in an age when to be young and to be different can no longer be synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a nation are the trustees of prosperity. Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.