Why isn't this next generation scared witless?

They should be. Just take a look at the facts:

•The largest generation the world has ever seen is aging and throwing social programs out of kilter—more will be taken out than will be put in. How will budgets ever balance?
•The US is less and less a dominant player in the world. It is not enough to be born here to feel you have been given every advantage to succeed. This next generation is just part of the pack and will have to work as hard or harder than anyone else of the mass of six billion human beings to prove themselves.
•White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestants will not longer be in the majority. Our “melting pot” culture will truly become one as different ethnicities, languages, and cultures affirm themselves economically, culturally, and politically.
•The world is running out of petroleum…which is kind of a problem for our petroleum-fueled economy. Those countries that have invested in sustainable energy will have a leg up on the future. Who is going to match the $500 billion China has invested this past year?
•Speaking of which…the world will be divided increasingly between those who are Chinese and those who are not Chinese. The Chinese not only impose themselves because of their numbers…they will impose themselves culturally as well because of their incredible work ethic and desire to improve themselves—as individuals, as families, and as a nation. How is your Mandarin?

So why isn’t this generation trembling in their boots? Because they know the world is their oyster.

•“Friends” from preceding generations were made from neighborhood acquaintances and people we met at school or work. This generation has turned “friend” into a verb and their friends can be on any inhabited continent on the planet.
•We used to live, work, shop, and seek entertainment in the neighborhoods where we lived. Now we live where we want, work where we want, shop where we want, and seek entertainment where we want. All those places could be and often are in vastly different locations--in fact they could be half a world away from each other. You choose what you do because you want to, not because you have to.
•Satellite pictures of the world at night show how connected we are when we see all the electric lights that are on—only the earth’s desert regions…and North Korea…are in the dark. With nearly every human able to share thoughts and experiences with another anywhere, anytime…what marvelous possibilities this represents!

When one is young, healthy, well-educated, and with no threat of war or famine hanging over your head how could you not be bursting with energy and self-confidence? Older generations see the problems we are leaving our children all too well. The next generation sees these of course, but they also see the opportunities—and why shouldn’t they?