General Corrections For The Youths

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By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze



Introduction
         Many people engage in all kinds of youthful behaviours and activities, when they are young. Thereby, they lose their spiritual talents or disable most of their good fortunes. By the time they are into adulthood, they have created so many wasted years for themselves. However well they try to live righteous life in their adult stage, it does not suffice for the wasted years. That is why it is good to avoid every type of crime, when one is a youth.

An Igbo adage says that the firewood a person gathers in his youth period is the wood he shall warm himself with in his adulthood. Whatever a man sows in his childhood is what he shall reap in his old age.

Avoid The Following
         The following conducts by the youths are very bad, indeed:
  1. Spitting in the pathways.

  2. Urinating in the roads.

  3. Urinating by the roadsides and into the gutters. How many times have seen women urinating in the open? Rarely.

  4. Brushing teeth and leaving the tooth paste foams, carelessly.

  5. Inside the toilet and bathroom, spitting everywhere, indiscriminately. And leaving the saliva just like that for days.

  6. Some would not cover up the toilet holes, after removing the lid and using the toilet facility.

  7. Moving along the main road with head phones on, which makes the wearer not to hear calls or warning horns.

  8. The bad habit of not greeting people, especially the seniors and the elderly ones.

  9. Not offering a helping hands to those in need. Not ready to run errands for somebody.

  10. Not ready to render any selfless services, even in the churches, ministries and fellowship.

  11. Many are not praying.

  12. Many do not read the bible or books on spiritual science.

  13. Many are putting their families into all kinds of problems, because they commit sexual immorality, abortion, murder, etc, without knowing the grievous consequences.

  14. So many others create problems for themselves and for others by defiling the churches and holy places.

  15. Majority wear dirty jeans, torn and worn out clothes. These are signs of being possessed and manipulated by the demons, and are the marks of indiscipline, lawlessness and lack of control.

  16. Exhibiting a false sense of freedom, without knowing that the worst form of freedom is uncontrolled freedom.

  17. Etc.

Relationship with parents
         If somebody gives you something, you should tell your parents. By so doing, the parents shall be able to know when and whether outside relationship is going to create problems or not.

First Morning Duties
         The following are your duties, first things in the morning:
  1. Bow down to God.

  2. Say your morning prayer.

  3. Sweep the house and compound.

  4. Fetch water.

  5. Wash plates.

  6. Prepare the breakfast.

  7. Prepare for school or work.

  8. Etc.

Corrections For The Boys
         Do the followings:
  1. Stop wearing baggy and saggy trousers.

  2. Stop wearing trousers of all kinds of designs, that are insulting, nauseating, indecent.

  3. Some make and wear all kinds of hairstyles that put them into serious hardship and sufferings.

Corrections For The Girls
         Comply with the follwoing:
  1. Stop wearing sexy, skimpy and daring attires.

  2. Stop whowing off inner wears.

  3. Stop wearing minis, short gowns and short skirts.

Your Responsibilities
         A wise man listens to advice:
  1. You should start early to save money.

  2. If possible, buy things necessary in the house, for personal or family use.

  3. Do not be the type that makes money and squanders the money outside, always engaging in unnecessary expenses.

  4. The bad habit of buying every flashy thing should be avoided.

  5. You should train yourself to dress like a responsible child.

  6. Avoid all kinds of indecent dressings. Examples include turning the cap backwards, wearing dirty clothes or dresses that are torn, etc.

  7. Avoid doing crazy things, simply because others are doing it.

  8. Etc.

Miscellaneous
         Also, do your best to avoid the following:
  1. Avoid noise making, especially at night and in quiet environments.

  2. Avoid causing unnecessary distractions and disturbances.

  3. Avoid playing noisy videos and television, which disturbs the peace and quietness of the environments, especially at nights, in homes, residences and houses.

  4. Avoid coming home late at night.

  5. Avoid playing noisy music when people are resting or sleeping.

  6. Avoid playing noisy vibrations, booming sound and bombarding music in the house, or any human environment. Do not cause heart attack or distress to the elderly and sick ones. Mellow down every music or sound, to the room environment only.

  7. Avoid watching videos and television through out the nights or most of the nights.

  8. It is very bad to return late in the night, keep awake playing videos into the late midnights, only to wake up very late in the morning.

  9. Avoid sleeping all through the morning periods. It is not good for your health.

  10. Do not spend the morning hours being idle or lazy.

  11. Stop making ugly and repulsive sounds when you are brushing your teeth. Youths who lack good home training make the ugly sound by pushing the tooth brush deep inside their mouth.

  12. Etc.