I am not a motivational speaker or someone that would implore you by compellation to do what I personally have not tried out experimentally by practice, just because I want to gain most people's attention to myself to mislead them on what practically haven't been done to myself. There has been an emergence of different motivational speakers and all thanks to social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Quora, etc, where they usually vent their individualistic opinions about life.

Most self-acclaimed motivational speakers that are billionaires would talk randomly about how to become rich or richer than them by saying to their audience that it is hard work and the grace of the Almighty God that has brought them far in life, but they don’t say the exact thing they really did to amass billions for themselves. Majority of youths are wallowing in depression because of how motivational speakers spoke to them on how to be successful in life; but they failed and, as a result, want to commit suicide or fall deeply into depression.

Even Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, told the Pharisees in the New Testament of the Holy Bible that “they put heavy loads on people's back and they themselves will not even raise a finger to lift one."

The motivational speakers of our time will kill most of our young vibrant youths across the world because most are impatient; that's why they fall to cheap temptations by going into fraudulent activities or armed robbery and other social vices operating in the land of the living.

Listen attentively vibrant and fellow youths, if you don’t want to die young, hold firm strongly to your faith in God and don’t be misled by those kind of people all because you see them flaunting flamboyant lifestyles on/off social media spaces; be steadfast in praying, because it is the master key; our Lord and personal Saviour Jesus Christ of Nazareth also started and ended with prayer, during his time on planet earth. Lift that burden off your shoulder today and stay focused on God; He alone gives peace of mind, in order not to die an untimely death chasing shadows, because of what we see people do and what we hear on a daily basis.

The life is extremely short no matter how much time you spent on earth; even if you die at as an 100-year-old man, it’s still like a day in the sight of the Almighty and living God, King Solomon in Ecclesiastes chapter 2, concludes: “It is all useless, life is useless….” That is, even after God has blessed the king with so much wisdom to garner wealth and every beautiful things of life; and he can still say to the world that even with those riches and other things of the world, it is all useless, after all.

Why then can’t we emulate the life of these people I referenced in the Bible and see what God does in our lives. Stay strong, my fellow youth, and never lose focus, because God is in that situation you think is terrible and he will show you the light.

•Mike-Nifty, curator and a social commentator, can be reached on: nifty.mics@yahoo.com