Can culture help youth overcome the crisis?

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Can culture help youth overcome the crisis?

• And the balance, like a prophet, says

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Yes.

• It can.

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• but, because always was a but , a curious
  voice wanting to hear the calling it asks
• - What means this word? Culture?

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• The curious voice was the Youth

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• The prophet of balance hearing the unrest in
  this question, says
• - Culture means everything. Culture is
  knowledge. Culture is science beyond science

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• Culture is a way of life, a creative force
  expressed by a collectivity.
• Marin Preda

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• Youth - Old man, what are you saying? I dont
  understand.

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• Prophet - Listen to this information! Did you
  know that tiger sharks have the capacity of
  modifying their chemical body composition to
  adapt to their environment? If not, the sharks
  blood would be just as its salt water environment.

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• Youth - Why would I need to know this? Why
  should I care about this piece of information?

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• Prophet - But now you know it! You learned
  something new today.

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• Youth -I like the arts, I dont need or want to
  know things about nature and the environment.

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• Prophet -But this is a part of art. Culture is
  the sum of all artistic fieldsit is your soul
  that chooses which type of art fits best for you.

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• Youth -What if I don t know exactly which is
  more suitable for me?

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Ask your inner soulYour heart, will tell you
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• Youth -What do you think the answer will be?
  Will it solve my troubles? you're living in a
  dream world, old crazy man! This is the
  reality... and it's cruel.

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• Prophet - So be it, it's your crisis, it's your
  reality.

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Youth silence thinking
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Prophet you are to me an open book with many
empty pages - unwritten. You need to fill up
these pages with your story.
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Prophet - Go home, Youth! Read a book everyday
choose the topic you most enjoy, it doesn't
matter how many pages there are. Then, go take
long walks through nature...
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do all this everyday for thirty days! Then come
back to me.

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The Youth, knowing there was nothing else
important to do, decided to take the prophet's
advice, to follow this path...
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• Starting the next day, Youth reads more about
  visual arts, about painters, more so than Youth
  would have even in university. Going for a long
  walk after, Youth was thinking with frustration
  and ambition about what the prophet will say once
  Youth finishes these readings and sees that there
  will be no results.

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Moreover, in this long walk, Youth was finding
out so many new facts so close to home the
cricket's song in the serene night the smiles of
children playing with candy floss the cool
summer rain which refreshed all the world. All
this made Youth wish to find out more about
everything... to enrich Youth's culture for it's
own soul.
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• After seven days, Youth got a call from some
  friends to go to a club in the city and have fun.
  ..

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Suddenly, Youth became upset, and started yelling
on the phone "You incapable people have no
culture! Leave me alone, I don't need you!" and
slammed the phone down.
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Youth was very frustrated no money, no bright
future, no social status, far from being anyone
important, as Youth wished.

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• Suddenly it realized that it doesn't need
  friends, that it's strong - stronger than them...
  

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• Days passed - Youth went on with reading and
  long walks trying to find the best in this
  situation.

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• After twenty days, a couple of friends called
  again, asking to meet. This time, when they met,
  they hugged and one friend said

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• "I didn't understand when you shouted at us about
  how uneducated we are and how you didn't need us
  - but this is true! You really didnt need us
  then - but, I think now you do need us. And we
  need you."

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• Last night I had a dream. We were a group of
  designers recruiting more designers to work with
  us on a visual arts project. I was telling
  myself how can i recruit others when I myself
  was not recruited yet?

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• Youth Maybe we are already chosen! Let's go to
  my room, I read a few interesting concepts that I
  would like to share and discuss with you about.

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They discovered they can achieve great things
together, not only have fun. They realized that
somebody's wanting more and somebody admitting
they need more in life will create change.
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After 30 days, Youth returned to the prophet and
said
"I'm sorry. I was wrong to call you crazy. Now I
know that I was the one not seeing who I am and
not knowing how much I am capable of. Now that I
have a goal, I know I'll get over it - it will
pass.
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• Realize you need more. Wish to become more!
• Create a goal and share it with someone close to
  your heart!

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If you're alone, don't fret - you won't be alone
much longer.
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When you attain your strength, become the heart
of your community.
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You, Youth, whose life is so full like pages of a
book
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• You don't need some 'prophet' to tell you what is
  going on with you, all you need is to awaken your
  consciousness.

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This story is not meant to change you to become
someone important, because you already are. This
story was written with the intent of reminding
you that you are always stronger than you
believe, because you believe.
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AND NOW, SMILE!
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• HAVE A NICE LIFE!

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• Marius Bunescu
• Author
• Marius Bunescu