The Millenials' Challenge

As a member of the Millenial generation, I have an understanding of the fatal flaw that the American culture suffers from. Our elders are from an era of American prosperity when the wealth was abundant and access to successful endeavors were available to anyone willing to work for them. Unfortunately, America is no longer that nation of opportunity. The millenials, myself included, were raised to believe that we could do anything we wanted, but we, instead, are meeting our futures with disappointment.

Just as we are entering into adulthood, the world seems to be closing its doors on us. We are left holding the reigns of our future while the "roadmaps" that once led us to our destinations seem to be leading us even deeper into the world of inopportunity. It seems like some kind of premise for a Greek Tragedy, doesn't it? A hero on a journey of insurmountable odds....So let's stick with that analogy for a moment.

We are now in the depths of the "labyrinth", but this is our time to prove ourselves. It would be easy to convince ourselves that we are deserving of this misfortune and give up, but the point of this challenge is to prove our worth. In the original Greek tragedies, the protagonist would be given a challenge wherein he/she would have to prove his-/herself as being stronger than the gods believed possible from a mere human. In this challenge, the hero had to descend into darkness and, in doing so, become removed from the comforts of the outside world. Starting to understand the analogy?

The point is that we, as a generation, have been charged with the responsibility of repairing the broken pieces of our country, and with reshaping the pieces that don't seem to fit right anymore. If we can lead our country through this catharsis then we will know we have trascended the limitations placed upon our futures. So don't get discouraged by all the closed doors because they are only making us stronger as a generation.