A letter to young people everywhere

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My Dear Jewels of Inestimable Value,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The thought of you makes me look to the future with confidence. Yes, when I look at you my heart leaps with joy because your worth is beyond imagination. Can anyone truly guess all that will come out from you in this life for the good of humanity? Am I wrong to say that may be you are that leader who will arise to bring joy to your country, your people and those whom you will have responsibility over? There is nothing about you today to suggest that you cannot rise from where you are right now, no matter how you or anyone else may choose to describe your present situation, to that place of fulfillment. And I am saying this with every sense of responsibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">               <img alt="Hints for Learning a Foreign Language Fast" src="http://cdn.womanitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Hints-for-Learning-a-Foreign-Language-Fast.jpg" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The mistake of many nations, cities, communities, and homes is the failure to provide an enabling environment and the needed discipline for their young minds to dream good dreams and engage in positive inquest so as to get what it takes to release their potentials for the good of humanity.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Isn't</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> it somewhat amazing that you may at this time in your life feel outrageously flattered by what you are hearing? Or it is possible that you may be feeling unnecessarily patronized. Whatever the case, it is my hope that you will give me a little of your time to hear what I have to say. When I say that you are wiser, greater, smarter, and more intelligent than you agree with and worth much more than you look, your present condition notwithstanding, please believe me.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your looks today and at whatever time do not and cannot reveal the fullness of the glory in you. Never forget that!<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">My Dear, it is possible that, saying that you are going through very trying and difficult times will be saying the least. You may be going through what Sharon had to go through at a young age. She had gained admission to study Medicine and Surgery but nearly missed the opportunity because of lack of funds. From her first month in school everything seemed to work against her. She could not fit into several social circles because of her very poor background. Coming from a very poor home, she knew and kept her limits and though she desired to be able to get her hands on several things that several other students her age took for granted, she just </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">couldn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As if her financial challenges were not enough for a young person of her age she carried the burden of having a near-invalid mother at home, a tirelessly working father who could barely put food on the table and two other siblings who had to drop out of school to enable her keep her dream of becoming a Medical Doctor alive. Her father had sold their choice piece of land to enable her start off at school. The siblings now engage in every available menial job to help their father provide the minimum medical care which their mother needed and to send the remaining to keep Sharon at school. They were just satisfied to carry on with near empty pockets and empty food store at home. This was the burden which young Sharon had to carry as she studied hard to make it through college. But, her dream nearly came to an abrupt end. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was just another day, with the birds welcoming everyone into a day that began with brightness, thereby hiding the soon to happen and evil news that will leave many devastated, including Sharon. Since entering college Sharon has won the envy of her fellow students and the respect of her teachers through hard work. The college library staffs have all fallen in love with her because of her way of life and good use of the library. So, this day, she was in the library looking up some books and some medical journals so as to gather information for her turn to do presentation in physiology class. Having spent just about thirty minutes she wondered why she was feeling uneasy and wanted, more than anything, to go back to her room. It was at this point that one of the library staff came close to her and requested to have some time with her. On getting to her desk she met an unusual gathering of some of her class mates and few friends and immediately she knew something was wrong. It was the library staff - with whom she had built a kind of mother-daughter relationship - that broke the news to her. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The mention of death sent Sharon gasping for air and needed to be given first Aid. Sharon’s father had been hit by a drunk driver the night before and died in the early hours of the day. It </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">wouldn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> be enough to say that Sharon was devastated rather it will be better to say that she ‘slumped into devastation’, so deep that the hope of recovery was dim. In less than two hours Sharon had lost consciousness twice and needed to be resuscitated. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sharon had </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">dreamed</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of becoming a Medical Doctor not just for money but to give the best care to her mother and help her siblings get back to school. She wanted more than anything to end the misery that was so clearly written over the father’s face. A misery she had known all through her young life. Now, the candle which was providing her the little flickering light as she was navigating the torturous path of life into which she was born was gone. Her world crumbled! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">...to be continued</span></span></div> </div>

A letter to young people everywhere

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