International Day of Peace

YOUNG STUDENT FOR YOUTHFUL LIFE

 “A Different Dimension In Order To Connect With the Reality” 

Education, Employment, Civic Engagement and Migration are Major Issues Concerning Youth in Asian countries. If young minds develop & training themself to face as well as withstand these four drastically evolving challenge they can reach a meaningful life. They climb into the higher social status, and they will climb in their economically status and what not? 

Governments, Non-Government and research based Organization are looking into various factors which affects these four factors of current generation’s as growth indicators. While summarizing these development strategy youngster must be also aware of the poisonous process which there are about to participate. Comparing to previous generation the social system and social structure are evolving too fast where there is less time for adaptation. This makes youth often remain in a vulnerable situation and lack the requisite knowledge and skills to adapt to the changing economic and social environment. 

In other dimension, a particular group who keeps experiencing Long-term unemployment leads to a wide range of social ills to which young people are susceptible such as delinquency and substance abuse, and often feeds political unrest and violence. In addition, exacerbating the situation are very limited knowledge and poor access to health services related to the prevention of HIV infection, drug use and other health risks, particularly among those who are out-of-school in rural areas. 

Similar perspective also makes me to think how other social institution tries to tackle evolving social problems. Religious Institution, Traditional Institution and Tribal Institution are potential enough to resolve the issues quicker than any other institution which leads these institution based communities to climb the social ladder in a better speed. But the question of Youthful life among young minds remains unanswered. 

Since the time of early humans, the solution were simple to all complex problems. In the same manner we can also try to tackle problems of current generation. Let’s imagine that you brought your favorite car this week and started using it every day. So whenever you cross a speed breaker you slowdown the car and again raise the speed in an empty road. What just happened? You handle the brake properly whenever it’s necessary, you took care of the car’s suspension, parts of the car was protected, and passengers were comfortable. If you do thing same things over and over the car will be function good for many years, if not then the life of the car will be reduced to few years. There were lot of things happening when you applied break. Similar to this application, life is also functioning is a same manner.

 It’s all about applying break in your life whenever you feel negative about your day/ week and start to balance various things. Balancing provides time and space to unlearn and relearn where you can rediscover solution to problems. Once we attain this ability to apply break and balance in your life, Youthfulness with take birth. It will slowly change your life with enormous amount of youthfulness. And when you practice this from a young age we can master it. 

Ebin Navis

Loyola College, Chennai

The Moment of Uplift- An Experience

I have always been a great fan of workplace coz that’s where I understood, that there is equality. As I was a much matured guy right from the days of my teens and pre-teens and the workplace was the only place I felt much happy as there was that equality which made me to always be there.

Looking behind life ahead in my 3 years of my experience, and listening to fellow colleagues, made me realize, that there’s always a difference when you not only look up into your life and growth but see the growth in others, the process of accompaniment was a different experience rather a cherished experience to me as it helped me to express a whole lot of things to a lot of people.

Many stalwarts always have this interest that they know, much of ideas and thought process, but a certain set of motivation to bring it out, which is where they needed me as I played the role of somebody who gave presence and value.

Things seem very much interested when I moved up the ladder, as I had to look into a lot of business stuff and maintaining that constant rapport which the situation favored, that’s where I discovered Sharespace a simple platform where you send something in mail, on a daily basis, where you keep the many motivated to do something they are part of, or at least to keep the interest not differ away.

It went on a simple journey, until it went on a discovery to do something, known as the Employee Appreciation Day, as a part of department’s journey where each colleague will write something about their fellow colleagues, which brought a lot of change, many employee had their hearts open out and the moment of uplift to many, who where never heard of.

It took a lot of sacrifice in listening to the sharing of senior pros who had a lot of memoires to cherish and share and the evening was little colorful moments cherished till today.

Life’s moments may have been a lot of many ups and downs and some bitter moments, but the uplift matters and that’s when you come up in life.

Cheers

Joe

Joseph Kamal Francis

Does Humane Leader still Exist?

In the recent days, I was deeply saddened by the incidents that moved me a little to much for me to write here, a devastating trauma, for the world when suddenly an unprecedented attack that took place to the Mother of Diversity New Zealand and the demise of Late Mr Manohar Parrikar, the former chief minister of Goa .

The world saw a sudden terror attack in New Zealand, on the eve of prayer in Mosque in Christchurch and the demise of a whole lot of people suddenly left the entire world speechless ,many losing their loved ones and the entire Newzealand was in deep mourning condemning a lot of people behind, but to me what stood so meaningful, was the immediate response of the efforts made by the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and her efforts to reunite a country devastated stood by heart as a special one which we can find a leader of a generation who is born.

In her efforts to address the world immediately, she mentions this in her statement which was a unifying word of comfort and affection for the world

“we -- New Zealand -- we were not a target because we are a safe harbor for those who hate. We were not chosen for this act of violence because we condone racism, because we are an enclave for extremism. We were chosen for the very fact that we are none of these things. Because we represent diversity, kindness, compassion, a home for those who share our values, refuge for those who need it. And those values, I can assure you, will not, and cannot, be shaken by this attack.

We are a proud nation of more than 200 ethnicities, 160 languages. And amongst that diversity we share common values. And the one that we place the currency on right now -- and tonight -- is our compassion and support for the community of those directly affected by this tragedy.

And secondly, the strongest possible condemnation of the ideology of the people who did this.

You may have chosen us -- but we utterly reject and condemn you.”

And made the world to unite through her envisioning words for the country to unite.

As a leader of the masses, she unites to attend the memorial along with the fellow Muslims she portrayed herself the strongest quality that many leaders of all masses need to look into and a lesson to be learnt, “the Empathetic leader”.

She meets and greets fellow Muslim friends in care and concern and realizes and mentions

“But I believe what I have done has not been about Leadership;

I have simply echoed the humanity of New Zealanders “

It tells us that though we may distinguish ourselves as leaders, we need to always accept diversity and practice empathy and brotherhood and also distinguishes us as Global Citizens for the common world.

And also to this far extent we witnessed the demise of Late Mr Manohar Parrikar, the Former Chief Minister of Goa who also portayed what it takes to be a humane leader to the world

And what it takes to have empathy for the common good for the world.

A leader who travels along with the general public and the one attends the house irrespective of health condition and always looks to smile against the odds with courage and determination.

These two leaders made us understand that life seems quite different through their inspiring leadership and the humane factor that makes them stand out to define the world, a Global Leaders of the modern era.

So, Does humane leader still exists, certainly Yes, but there is still a long way to go!

Do You have what it takes to be humane in your efforts to make the world a better place to live in?

Cheers

Joe

Joseph Kamal Francis

Is True Learning? Still a Dream

I have always been a great fan of workplace coz that’s where I found rejuvenation and I found life. Like always I am also part of a big team of fourteen under four different structures internally and we make us of the opportunity the normal as always.

We meet as a team every week for our regular weekly team huddle and that’s where we discuss our day to day analysis of the week and also discuss our plan for the upcoming weeks.

There was this one week, when we sat for the usual huddle where the team decided to plan for a newly migrated process into our workplace and there was this least expectation to train at least eight of them in the battalion.

The Head informs that there will be this eight of us who will get cross trained and the other two will get to train to take care of the rest, and the remaining two will continue to take care of the rest as there has been so much escalation leading to financial loss because of them.

I t made me a bit angry and I was quite upset about it, which made me realize? Where is true learning? How do we define ourselves just because one doesn’t do work in a proper way? And only when one gets a chance to learn something new? , then alone he/ she can make or get a better chance to prove that one is capable to moving mountain, it possibly made me understand where is the modern workplace leading? a basic understanding is where are today’s leaders guiding the team members to?

True learning to define is a way of life which comes where one that puts an extra step to get to know something from the normal routine in which he or she is into leading the ultimate goal of change. It is not a process of unlearning or relearning but a way of life that one continues till eternity.

Learning doesn’t get stopped just because one makes mistakes in life. We believe a known fact that failure is also a stepping stone to success and that’s when we get opportunities we get to move ahead in life, chances we take in life, we get to prove who we are and it makes us special.

Now understanding, that this is a common situation that happens in almost everywhere, we need to understand that there arose a greater sense of understanding that leaders who lead teams need to take note into, coz, no one is special and everyone is special and motivating them to do the best matters a must.

The world at large is so captivating and there is this common known fact of unequal society which we have been talking for almost generations and it is no one else rather we who have made it as we have found it.

As Young leaders it is time, we need to be a little aware of our individuals whom we move along wherever we are, and be more adaptive for life.

As leaders at workplace, we need to be proactive in adapting what it takes to be a universal leader one who portrays empathy as a priority and only when a just society is born.

Our way of life is adapted to where we started way a long time back, but is always matters to take that extra eight steps than the usual two to reach the ultimate goal of learning for life where everyone is given his/ her due to be there and to prove that his strength which will benefit none the less where one supports.

Cheers

Joe       

Joseph Kamal Francis

   

STOP SEARCHING YOUR PASSION

In my workplace, we always had this opportunity to express our thoughts and ideas and whatever we feel matters most to us, similar to a platform, like TED, where you will be asked to choose your topic of interest and to share your thoughts and ideas, and I chose the topic on Stop Searching Your Passion, which created a interest and buzz on everyone.

I would like to ask you a few questions? Basic definition for a Passion and what according to you is Passion.

And everyone started replying that, they had something to do in common or something that keeps them going, and something that pushes them to do better.

So what it does mean to go a little deeper in understanding, we may find so many different aspects of life, many hobbies that were born along with us and we leave them aside till today.

Passion comes from a various forefront and its enables us personally to do better in what we wanted to tell our community around. Passion comes on various aspects, and I will be sharing to you on the basic two aspects which I find quite important for today.

How Culture Impacts the Passion we hold and how our Peers are involved in our passion!

Culture to a greater extent has impacted our passion of recent days, especially with individuals moving down  especially with most of our teenagers after college desperately looking to go into a regular paid job, which only curtails to a conclusion, that passion’s are for temporary and for the long term commitment , it’s a failure.

It reminded me of a friend of mine, whose passion is on trekking and travel adventure, but due to his family and personal commitments, had to leave away his passion beside and to concentrate on a regular 9 to 5 paid job, which still is a struggle, due to many commitments that he holds to himself. We call it life of 21^st century, where any individual who has money saved, but still he feels poor, amidst rapid economic and money and the rise in prices.

So where does passion stand here, where we need to raise a question to ourselves, to understand, what is needed and required to understand!

We are in the epitome of our society where our relevance is questioned, and it is we, who have destined it as we have found it.

This goes to the existence on the most important part, where on how our peers influence passion, where any individual , whose identity stands apart is determined by the team , he works along and influences by.

It is here, one needs to understand what it takes to understand how your in the team , despite all odds, we need to understand, where we stand in a world where there is no mutual growth and what needs to change right now, in this society of inequality, we need to realize what it takes to be part of a great team, inturn seeing the results ,not only seeing in our passion to grow and also seeing here where we understand we grow in a mutual state of life.

Finally I would like to reinstate to understand how does failure help you to reorganize your passion? We may have our passions, but when failure bows down, we tend to realize we stop, at most instances and it’s the end.

Thus Passion becomes an art and life’s need to be lived as a lesson forever.

Life lived on earth is once, let our life be praised for generations.

Joe

Joseph Kamal Francis

FINDING GOD IN REAL LIFE

I was always fortunate, in being part of a Global Organization in being part of IYCS and the experience it adds is still valuable even though I am not directly connected.Life began in the Year 2016 when I first made a visit to Delhi all alone to experience and Plan for the upcoming event, the then XVII National Council, in Delhi which happened in May 2016.I started off in my favorite Tamilnadu express, night at 22:00 hours all the way from Chennai. The Journey Kicked off sharing the space with a foreigner who almost in 30 degrees heat still wore an jacket when all the world the entire train was in heat of the south. I sat down and the journey began the memorable 30 hours long journey to the capital, while stopping in between at Nagpur to spend some time with the little lady Sabrina, another YCS member. who prepare good lunch and stopping down at Bhopal for dinner. It was my 1^st experience of travelling all alone, with just 150 rupees, since I wasn’t much ado when it comes to earning. The Journey went through and we finally landed in the smoke covered capital, landed almost with just 20 rupees, where the place I wanted to travel is almost 5 miles from the railway station.

I was enquiring almost to everybody in view of catching a bus , and there I stopped by speaking to guy from my own language, who is protestant, by action. He asked me where I need to go and I said I will manage by bus, just let me know, just took me hold by hand and took me by auto. I never replied by anything and just went along with him and I got down finally the place I wanted to reach, without even hesitating, he left and then passed by.

It’s been three years that’s passed by and I realize how beautiful life is even today, when the whole world is in so much anxiety and stress and tension, I realized finding God in real life is when this simple incident happened and without hesitating, the art of help arose and it happened.

Life’s best moments happened not based on how long you live, but rather the moments that made you live.

            

    In this rapid changing world of technology and the no time to talk to someone , do you find God in real life?

Cheers

Joe

Joseph Kamal Francis