Bryan+B’s+OpEd+Article

** "Passion is Dead" **
 * By Bryan B. **

Where has our spirit gone? What happened to enthusiasm, the drive to do more than simply get through the day? How much longer will we remain slave to inhibition and fear? Today’s youth has become a chaotic mass of nervosa, pessimism, and apathy that sees life as nothing more than a pointless and impossible struggle. Have dreams been left by the wayside by the pressures of education and the opinion by one’s peers? The truth is even harder to accept; we do this to ourselves.

Youth is supposed to be a time of energy and life and yet all I see is lifeless teenagers who have decided by some strange delusion that the world is out to get them. They have become so dispirited by the so-called “pressures” of society that I wonder whether they can see the sun through the dark veil over their eyes. But why? Why prefer the oppressive shade over the liberation of the light?

Perhaps it is because there is no longer anywhere to hide but in one’s self. With the advent of Myspace and Twitter where the most intimate details are displayed for all to see, we feel pressured to put on the best face for society at large. As technology advances it becomes increasing more difficult to keep a secret, requiring that our masks stay on permanently and our true hearts remain closed. But why must we choose to live so closed up in a world as uncomfortably candid as this one? The pressure is completely self-imposed! What keeps us from being our selves except our own cowardly fears? [|العاب تلبيس عرايس] [|يوتيوب] [|قبة] [|قراقوش] [|افلام مغربية] [|افلام مغربية 2013] [|filme marocain] Furthermore, lately I have heard all too much from my peers of the futility and oppression of the Education system. They are filled with constant worry over grades, community service and class competition so as to get into the proper university as if it were the be-all-end-all of human achievement. Has it occurred to them at all their successes are not attributed to the signing of a diploma but to the strength of one’s mind, body, and soul? They forget the most important part; the soul! What good is academic achievement without a reason to care other than to merely climb the next step of the ladder? One cannot listlessly coast through life and hope to succeed; you need a reason. You need to stand tall and be confident because no matter how good you are at what you intend to do, staring at the floor will make you a living doormat, only a decoration. If the world seems meaningless we must find passion to give it meaning.

Passion has died. The world we live in is barren. Even the cheeriness we put on is laced with cynicism and hopelessness. We laugh only as a means to stave off insanity. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Passion can rise from the ashes brighter and hotter than ever before in an instant. The only way for this to happen is for the barriers in our minds to disintegrate. We must not see every obstacle as an impossible hurdle but as a challenge, a chance to prove ourselves. We must get up of the ground, stand on our own feet, and walk forward without fear of falling. Failure is not the end and, in fact, neither is success. No matter what happens, no matter how gloomy our situation the world will continue to spin and stars will continue to shine. Hell resides only in our heads. We are not living in Hell but on Earth where the sky is blue and the grass is green. No matter what I will hold on to my burning heart and indomitable spirit because to me, every moment not enjoyed is wasted. My only hope is that I may reach out and invigorate the world’s soul.media type="file" key="bryanb-muckraker-0910.mp3" width="240" height="20"