the young and the future

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tonight, I chatted with a couple of young guys (long live internet!), and I'm astonished with the amount of courage youngsters look at their future, even when they know it will be difficult.

First there's the pinoy, he lives in a very poor area (sqatters) and he obviously has little money. Nevertheless he managed to scrape together enough funds to start university (although he's clearly in constant need of money).

Does he loose hope? Nope, he keeps going on, and he's determined to reach his goal. I'm very much looking forward to meeting him in real life, one day!

Then there is a gay boy from iran, who desperately tries to run away from his country (gays are killed over there) to his Dutch 'daddy', both of them have spent an incredible amount of money and energy, and they still have no result.

Does that make him desperate? Not at all, they keep on going till they reach their goal.

Young humans are so strong, determined, energetic, and so much looking for the future, it's heartwarming to witness!

PB

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