The Ability to be Loved

I belong to several fan groups and have an unusual of view that most, ehm, Mature individuals don't get to see. Young people are very lonesome. They feel so alone and many without any hope in their hearts for anything different in the future of their personal lives.

I'm not sure that this doesn't come from the fact that these younger generations ( all the way from 14 to 30+ ) haven't grown up in an environment where The Government is supposed to take care of everything and that they are entitled to the Government to take care of them.

Education seems to mean nothing any longer. There was a time that the more education you had, the greater the chances of going into a profession where you would get you slice of the American Dream. That "dream" longer exist.

It doesn't matter what profession you go into.

Most of the young people I've come into contact with want be loved, desperately, but they don't seem to love themselves.

Why is this? There is so much self help material "out there", they shouldn't have any problems finding a source that could help them come to realize that they must love themselves first, then, someone else will be able to love them too!

I've asked them all why they think they won't find someone else love them. It was surprising the answer I got the most. They aren't sure what "love" is, or how to learn to love themselves.

It's broken my heart that so many of the teens I've come to be friends with have no idea how to go about loving themselves. They ask me right off if that's not being selfish.

My answer to them is to take their key from Mother Nature.

The seed is dried out, but a spark of life is within it and when put into the soil, it has to fight for every drop of water and for every ray of light so that magic that occurs can take place. It has to be greedy and suck up as much of these as possible, so it can burst forth and grow and can fulfil it's reason for living...sharing itself.

So it is also with humans. We must grown and take in everything that is necessary for grown and personal fulfillment before they can share themselves with others.

Once we find our place in the Sun, then others can see us for what marvelous creatures we are, can share others, can allow ourselves to be loved.