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Teens think. And a lot – more than adults and professionals, more, I would say, than anyone else in our society. Why? Because they aren’t afraid of the big questions, like: Why am I here? What is the meaning of it all? Why is the world the way it is, if no one seems to be satisfied with it? And the reason teens can ask these questions (which, make no mistake, adults have become too afraid to ask themselves) is that they understand the simple fact that some questions don’t necessarily need answers. No. They just need asking.
When I was in high school I had plenty of ‘hypothetical’ conversations with my best friend, conversations that left their mark on me, well into adulthood. We talked a lot about the ‘extreme ways’ that people were trying to fix the world, and how strange it was that this ‘fixing’ so often became a much bigger problem in itself. It occurred to us that there was no such thing as a simple solution, and it was only when we tried to apply simple solutions to the world’s problems, that things became quite complicated. Until eventually, out of these conversations, a story began to emerge, a dilemma, an unstoppable adventure that threaded together all of these ‘scary questions’ that youth – the thinkers of our society – are so busy asking themselves. It takes the form of a novel, called Veracity (which means ‘the unrelenting dedication to truth’) and I believe that the people who will get the most out of it are young adults, the very kind of people who aren’t afraid to ask themselves questions. Questions, mind you, that might not necessarily have answers to them. But that certainly still need asking.
Teens think. And a lot – more than adults and professionals, more, I would say, than anyone else in our society. Why? Because they aren’t afraid of the big questions, like: Why am I here? What is the meaning of it all? Why is the world the way it is, if no one seems to be satisfied with it? And the reason teens can ask these questions (which, make no mistake, adults have become too afraid to ask themselves) is that they understand the simple fact that some questions don’t necessarily need answers. No. They just need asking.
When I was in high school I had plenty of ‘hypothetical’ conversations with my best friend, conversations that left their mark on me, well into adulthood. We talked a lot about the ‘extreme ways’ that people were trying to fix the world, and how strange it was that this ‘fixing’ so often became a much bigger problem in itself. It occurred to us that there was no such thing as a simple solution, and it was only when we tried to apply simple solutions to the world’s problems, that things became quite complicated. Until eventually, out of these conversations, a story began to emerge, a dilemma, an unstoppable adventure that threaded together all of these ‘scary questions’ that youth – the thinkers of our society – are so busy asking themselves. It takes the form of a novel, called Veracity (which means ‘the unrelenting dedication to truth’) and I believe that the people who will get the most out of it are young adults, the very kind of people who aren’t afraid to ask themselves questions. Questions, mind you, that might not necessarily have answers to them. But that certainly still need asking.
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