Snowflakes...Call Them That If You Wish

Hi!


It's hard to look outside and match the physical beauty of what's going on with the ugliness that seems to be permeating just beneath the surface.


We have world leaders who have photos and videos surfacing that, at their best, show a complete lack of judgment, at their worst, flagrant racism. We have world leaders seeking help from foreign agencies to besmirch a perceived American adversary. We have certain world leaders who still, in the face of all of the incredibly solid science, deny that the climate is changing. We have a groundswell of hate-speech and racism that manifests itself in tragedy.

There is an ugliness that seems to be permeating just beneath the surface.


But that is not the whole world.


We have an incredible generation of young people, accused of being snowflakes, showing they are anything but. They are sick of participating in lockdown drills, they are sick of burying their friends, they are sick of being scared, they are sick of adults tripping all over themselves to deny the obvious and, other than the sickeningly predictable thoughts and prayers, doing less than nothing.

We have young people like Greta Thunberg. If you aren't familiar with her name, don't worry, you will be. She is sixteen, from Sweden, fierce, and fearless. She looks into the eyes of those who choose ignorance and challenges them unapologetically, without reverence, unintimidated. She is respectful and confident in the facts she presents. She either is unaware or really couldn't care less about the politics the adults in the room want to use to prop up their excuses. She inspires people of all ages. She is focused, passionate, smart, and determined to do whatever necessary to save our planet.

Lofty goals. Completely doable. She just might be the one to force the conversation into reality.


We have young people like the Parkland kids. They are pushing, unrelenting, creating change. They don't want their kids to suffer the trauma of lockdown drills, learning the little songs that show 4-year-olds what to do if an active shooter has entered their preschool. They don't want their kids to witness the deaths of their friends and family as they take in the activities of a festival/concert/church service/school.


Lofty goals. Completely doable. They just might be the ones to force the conversation into reality.


These kids show more leadership on their worst day, than many of our world leaders do on their best.

I know. They are naive. They don't know how the real world works. They're too young to understand.


The truth is, the adults, through their incompetent inaction, have stripped away their naivete and innocence, have robbed them of their carefree childhoods.


You don't get to, with one hand, force them to live in fear, perpetuate that fear for money and politics, batter and bruise their earth within an inch of its life, again for money and politics, make them watch as their bloodsoaked classmates fall all around them, watch as their homes and cities are destroyed by storms that carry a strength never before seen, and then claim they are naive.



This generation of young people has been molded by their most basic urge. Survival. If the adults continue to refuse to save them, they are going to do it themselves.


Snowflakes. Call them that if you wish. Beautiful, unique, together, they hold the power to change how the world operates.


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Dear Snowflakes,

May you find the strength to continue your fight, no matter how relentless it seems.
May you create the world you envision, the world you see in your best dreams.

May your children live the carefree existence that was ripped from your young souls.
May you achieve everything, all of it, everything you see now, and all of your future goals.

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