Public speaking contest 2012

 

                                                         The wonder hidden within us
                                                         Theme: The wisdom of youth

       Have you ever been wondering what is really going on through your mind? Have you ever even stopped for just ten minutes to figure it out? When you come home from school what do you do? I bet you go straight to the TV or computer and stay on until your eyes hurt. Or you find yourself locked in your room listening loudly to your MP3 all day. Every day? I think your mind needs a little break from all these.
        
      Turn off everything that might bother you. You don’t need to check the notifications on Facebook every single minute and surely you don’t need to text your friends about what you’ve seen on TV a moment ago. Close your eyes and take your time. Or just get up,maybe grab a bike and go to the park. You need to clear up your mind.
         
      Teenagers are free spirits. We think with our hearts and the possibilities of our imagination are endless. It’s more effective than magic. We have that strength to get up untouched when we fall and we move on quickly. And we are often falling because we walk with our heads up all the time. Maybe we are holding it too high sometimes and we lose ourselves in the deep blue sky. Is it a good thing? Yes. We start with small steps towards failure so we can cope with it later. Will you? Why cope with failure?  Because you learn from it and it’s going to hurt less and less each time. I,for example,try to think differently. I embrace every aspect of this life with huge open arms. I don’t do things because they are technically correct. I do them because that’s how I feel. And if I fail,it’s funny. I start to laugh because the world isn’t ending right now.  We should be proud that we can stand up for our opinions now. We can stop and turn our backs to whatever they say,unraveling that the truth lies only within us. Our generation needs imagination beyond borders, predominance of courage over timidity and apetite for adventure over the life of ease. The secret is to translate our dreams into reality.
          
      We have discovered how it is to have a true friend when we need him,how to listen to other people’s problems and try to help them without expecting to get something back. We have learned how to love. You know,that unique moment when you feel like flying and the world is coming down at your feet,with all its shivers and butterflies. Unfortunately we have learned how suffer. You all know how it is to have a deception,to have a back turned on you,to be disappointed and not be able sleep at night. We try to be happy,to party and to enjoy life in every way. Please,don’t tell me you didn’t feel all these things! It would be a shame. All these little things made me the person that I am today. And we’d be nothing without the important people in our lives. We share emotions,things and even wisdom with them,without exactly knowing what we’re doing. It’s all about conversation ,understanding and caring. These are the tools that make swords,guns and machines powerless.
          
       I will tell you a story about a childhood friend of mine. Let’s call him John. His father died in a car accident on the way to the hospital when John was born. His mother blamed him his whole life for his father’s death and she treated him badly. She is now married in another country while John is here only with his sick grandmother,taking care of her,of himself and the house. He is much more educated than many boys at his age,unfortunately he cannot have really good grades at school,because he hasn’t much time to learn at home. But he still has dreams for college and for becoming a doctor. John has been only through failure,he never felt the true love of his parents. And if it hadn’t been us,his friends,to help him cope with these,I don’t know what could have happened to him. Still,he never gave up.
        
       Are you a bit more aware now? It didn’t kill you to try this,did it? You know,adults would give anything to get back where we are standing now,with a mind like ours. They are longing for the years when they were fresh and new,when they could dream and discover all the important things and feelings. They knew how to appreciate it. But what about us? I think sometimes we are just wasting too much precious time. Our minds are full with information,coming from oh so many ways. But the trick is to catch only the right things.
        
       Run away,live your life and get out if this box. Don’t believe in coming backs,don’t even try to look back. The future stands there waiting for you to shape it in your way. You can shoot for the moon,and even if you miss,you will land among the stars. We are now stronger than ever,we are ambitious,no one can stop us. Now tell me,what’s going on in your mind?