O! Connecting to the Young

So- I have been invited to be the keynote speaker at a conference for 15-18 year olds from a few different states. It is exciting- Idealism exists; We are immortal; Can do anything; Such a pro-active and full of possibilities audience. What better place and people to talk about all the changes I would want to see in the world: Usher in democracy through Twitter; Connect across races and ethnicities- to friends of friends through Facebook or other networking sites; Pick your bag, join peacecore and dig a well- do a random act of kindness that will leave a mark even 40 years from now, like it did for Jim who went to a small rural town in Punjab and built a one room school. Now, when he went 40 years later, the school still existed and had been added on a bit, and even girls were now going to it. Read more at http://worldviewpoints.com

And with this audience whose delegates are all hopeful world changers, my hope is that they would be savvy enough to use all the tools at their disposal, all the technologies and know better than to twitter or Facebook their lives away. For they must be able to make the time to dig a well. Build a school. Stop a war. And make sure that girls are brought forward in this world with as much pride as the boys. Our hope has to be these 15-18 year olds. Their hope is themselves. Now who can teach me to twitter real quickly?