Κρίσις (crisis): ancient greek - a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute

Κρίνω (crino): ancient greek - I pick out, I choose, I decide, I judge

Crisis…
Choice….
Decision….
Judgment….
Dispute….

Is this the time to choose? Yes, this time is the first one for our generation in which we must choose…we are asked to take decisions, to use our judgment, to handle ourselves in hard and risky disputes that could even result in the loss of our jobs, of our social condition…of our lives.

For the first time, people under 30 are called to be really responsible of the future, as they’ve never been asked before…or maybe they just have the real chance to prove the world that they can win against the crisis.

Indeed, I believe that young people have the right sense of flexibility and the attitude to change which is the only way to survive and to exit from this difficult period, with a renovated and strengthened trust in the community, our jobs, our families and our policy makers…

In these months, it is not rare to find young people feeling themselves betrayed by financial leaders, companies’ managers, governmental officers and chiefs…..and that’s maybe right: we’ve been trusting leaders that have failed or, at least, have long lived in a system which was destined to fail.

That is why we should all stand up for a better time, we should tell what we believe could be the best way to start up from the deep places we’ve been travelling towards during the last few months; and we should all never stop keeping our eyes wide open, capturing every small signal of possible future failures or crises, remembering the hard times we’re living in…

So, let’s take this chance…let’s think hard about the way we could contribute to make the change real, let’s figure out our vision and strategy to reach it; let’s start communicating and taking action from our strategy, let’s involve our social, economical and political leaders….starting from our families.
We should never stop imagining a better place and never stop being conscious that we all, as young people, have the opportunity to make it real!

What I hope, today, is that all young people start moving, start taking action, taking decisions and choosing the opportunity to change; I am trying to do it, from my side: I will fail only if I stop believing in my future vision and if I start being afraid of the future.

So, don’t be afraid! We’ve got all we need for change…don’t you think it?

Azzurra