It’s time for the National Senior Certificate Examinations or
Matric Exams and many could argue why should I study/work hard when majority of
the unemployed is young people. Some will say I won’t work and others that they
will struggle to get a bursary.
But then I’m reminded of the words of Michelle Obama, first Lady
of the United States of America, during a visit to South Africa, when she told
a group of young people in Soweto: “when it comes to the challenges we face, we
simply don’t have time to sit back and wait. Each of you are ready, to start meeting the
challenge. Your efforts might not always draw the world’s attention, but your
generation can make the change.”
School and work sometimes feel like slavery though, but if we do
everything with the help of our creator, he will help us develop our knowledge
and skills. We should do so for our creator and not people, I am reminded in Colossians
3:23 and this will motivate you and me to work hard, when only our creator is
looking, (Colossians 3:22).
To reach success you have to work hard, numerous leaders across
the world will tell you this and even the bible speaks of it.
We should however always work with a vision, working towards
something. As Christian I read this in Colossians 3:24. Therefore you and I
should have a vision in life and work wisely towards it. A great vision
inspires great sacrifices that result great rewards.
Obama told the youth they can be the generation that discover
and build to transform economies, bring opportunity, end HIV/aids, hold leaders
accountable, stand up and be heard.
“The Youth is the future and therefore we need to ensure they
have all the tools to do this,” Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu said during a
Youth Day event.
Working hard can deliver success, you have to believe. People
believe in a better South Africa, people died for it…… people prayed for it.
In his last address to the first democratic parliament of the
Republic of South Africa, on Friday 26 March 1999, former President Nelson
Mandela said we should together continue our efforts to turn our hopes into
reality.
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