LUHMIE's World

The way to the top has been found to be rather narrow according the elderly ones with experience. Now every human on the planet has different ideas of how to get to the top. To get to the top, we are probably talking of being a leader in whatever field you might venture in. The previous generation was one which through the hard work of their father’s climbed to the top and practically removed the ladder. We are now faced with the problem of constructing a new route to the top before climbing up. This seems so stressful for today’s youth and therefore the search for the easy way out. How did the previous generation in Nigeria remove the ladder? The principle of merit was abused and the best of the best don’t necessarily get the best positions. What #Olumyd implores is; when the baton is passed unto our young generation, let us leave the ladder standing FIRM and remember the best leaders were once the best of followers.

An eight-grader once wrote this poem: OUR GENERATION Our generation will be known for nothing, Never will anybody say, We were the peak of mankind. That is wrong,the truth is, Our generation was a failure Thinking that, We actually succeeded Is a waste. And we know Living only for money and power Is the way to go Being loving,respectful and kind Is a dumb thing to do. Forgetting about that time, Will not be easy, but we will try, Changing our world for better Is something we never did, Giving up Was how we handled our problems. Working hard, Was a joke, We knew that People thought we couldn’t come back, That might be true, Unless we turn things around. (Now read the poem from the bottom to the top line-by-line) Amazing right? Now, how this poem will be told, either from the top or from the bottom at the tail end of our generation is our choice. The way out is to turn things around starting from our immediate environment by helping the aged, obeying law and...