Hooray For The Young

As my world famous marketer father always says, “the young will eat the old.” With this in mind I decided to start this historic day with my church confirmand mentee, Jack. I picked him up at seven this morning to have breakfast at the Hope Valley Diner, before dropping him off at school.
I am bullish on the future of America when I spend time with young people nowadays. First consider Jack, an eighth grader. He happily accepted my invitation for breakfast, having to get up extra early on a school day to eat with a middle aged woman. He is well spoken, polite, and interested in history. We talked about his confirmation class, his school teachers and life as an eighth grader. His parents, Mary Lloyd and Kurt, should be proud they have raised such a nice young man.
I feel the same way when I spend time with Carter and her friends. They are much less selfish than I was at their age. They are concerned about the world in a more wholistic way than older generations. I know that half the country thinks everything is going to hell, but I am going to bet on the young people to help us go in the right direction.
Tomorrow is going to be the start of a new world. Which world is still a mystery, but whatever world we give these young people I am hopeful that they will take it and make it better. We need to encourage people who listen as the most important part of communicating, negotiate, compromise, brain storm, act in the best interest of all and dream big.
Thanks Jack for spending a small part of this historic day with me. I believe in you and your generation.