REALITY CHECK

Today my message is directed at those young people who are just out there hanging out, getting high, doing nothing, and going nowhere fast. WAKE UP!!!!!!

 Wake up before it’s too late if it’s not already too late. You are not getting younger you’re getting older and sooner or later you will be expected to make a positive contribution to society. You’ll be expected to leave the streets and hopefully become a productive adult.

 How are you going to do that if you don’t have an education or any type of useable skills? How are you going to make a positive contribution if you haven’t learn anything that will be of use when it comes time to contribute to your community, your family, or simply to your own well being?

 I know you keep hearing people talking about saving our young people, well here’s a piece of reality for you. Our young people have to be willing to do something to help save themselves. If we could do it all for you then we wouldn’t have to keep talking about it, all of you would be saved. But, the reality of it is we can’t do it all for you. You have to put forth some effort yourself. You have to help.

Now it won’t be easy and it won’t happen over night. It wasn’t easy for any of us who moved from doing nothing to being productive citizens and it didn’t happen over night for us either. It took time and effort. It will take the same for you.The questions are. Are you willing to make the effort it will take? Are you willing to put in the time? Are you willing to shoulder some of the responsibility?

Sitting around blaming others for your situation won’t make things any better. You have to do something. You have to want something better. If you don’t want anything better, then continue doing nothing and that’s what you’ll have, nothing.

 Now I won’t lie to you, don’t everybody make it. Many of us fall victims to our surroundings. But many of us also make it despite our surroundings.

The point is, you’ll never know whether you can make it or not until you put forth a serious effort. Until you try.

 Some times you have to motivate yourself and not leave it up to others to motivate you. You have to take it upon yourself to try and change your life.

Trying to do something to change your life is a lot better than sitting around getting high and doing nothing. There are those among us who are willing to help you help your self, but you have to make the effort. It’s time to make a serious effort. What are you going to do?

 I’m Buddy Hannah and I won’t say any thing bad about that if you don’t. And remember, there is no harm in trying to improve your life, the harm is in not trying.

Share this with some young people you know.