Believe it or not,
every body needs encouragement at some point of their lives.
Have you ever
thought that how important encouragement is for young people? That is why in my
opinion, young people need encouragement, to help them achieve goals.
Especially when they have a difficult job to do or when they lose confidence
and when they need direction.
Firstly, I believe
that a little encouragement can help young people when they have a tough job
ahead of them. It is likely that they could feel lost or feel overwhelmed with
the tough task. Encouragement from a elder brother to younger brother could fix
this. I know this because it happened to me.
Once on an Inme
outbound trip, on the last day
of camp we were
going for tree jumaring . jumaring might sound like a funny word but it is
actually a unique way of climbing long trees . When we left we had a short trek to the
“jumaring site”. Till then I had grown quite fond of a particular instructor
who name was Ajiguja! No not really, but that’s what we called him fondly. When
we reached. I felt a wave of emotions because I saw some ropes hanging from a
thirty – forty foot high tree ! I felt excited, curious and wonderful all at
the same time. Another instructor on the team gave us a demo and that’s when I
got to know how to do it.
Then Ajiguja Sir
surprisingly told me to go first. So, in Jumaring what one has to do is put
ypur leg inside the loop and then pull the thing, which holds the rope. That is
a ‘Jumar’. Then pull it. After that pull your leg, then pull again. I did
around 10 times when I got stuck. I became very tired and I just could not pull
it.
That’s when an
instructor started encouraging me by saying “ come on”, “good position”. At
last I took another step and finished the tough task.
This shows that
encouragement from elders can lead to victory, especially when you have a tough
task.
Secondly, I
believe that a little encouragement from elders helps young people when they
lose confidence in themselves.
Once on a camping
trip, we were going to the ‘Rappelling site’. Now if you aren’t familiar with
rappelling, rappelling is actually when you climb down a mountain in 90 degree
angle posture, holding on to a rope. So when we reached the site, we were all
extremely excited. We had to wait for the instructors to set it up and then the
fun began… I was as excited as a baby bird learning how to fly! Before we
started. The instructors demonstrated how this activity was to be done. It was
really exciting. Unfortunately when we line up, I was third from the back so
naturally it took some time.
When it was my chance, Ajiguja sir asked me to
put on my harness, the helmet and the safety gloves (also known as mittens).
Wen I started off I went pretty slow but then I went really fast. As a result I
got stuck. It was a cavity in the mountain. Then the instructor told me to go
right and gave me confidence. As it was a cure I went right and I finally ended
up doing it.
This shows that
confidence can be such a cure to your worries.
Finally, I think
that young people need encouragement when they need direction.
Once on a normal
Saturday my brother and I were doing our homework. In about an hour I was
finished with my homework. So I started playing on my computer. After a few
hours , as an elder brother, I thought why is he taking so much time?
Then I went to him
and asked him “When will your H.W get over?” He said, “ I don’t know”. So I
decided to help him. And I did. I explained some sums to him and with my help;
he completed it in no time.
No, I come to
realize that we all have capability to do it, only that we need direction, or
in other words a place to start…
Alas! I think
everybody even you need some kind of encouragement at one point in your life.
It maybe when you’re feeling sad, stressed, guilty, shy, anything. So my
friend, I think all of us should take some time to encourage our friends,
siblings, anybody who needs it because in the end, you will need it too!!!!!
!!!!THE END!!!
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