I have been very encouraged by a group of Millennials I have had the opportunity to work with recently. I work with a program at my job that allows students to participate in summer service opportunities throughout the United States and world. These students remind me of the good that Millennials can do and the impact they want to have on the world around them, and I think they will have an impact. Whether is be one person, one community or one world, they believe that they can do it! Maybe that's the difference between Millennials and everyone else. We just believe that it's too massive of a job to fix the world. They not only believe it is possible, they actively work towards it.
What I find interesting about this is that so many people seen to have such a negative view of Millennials believing them to be lazy and self absorbed. In actuality, they are more world focused and have more going on in their lives than Gen Xer's ever dreamed of. They come wanting to make a difference in the world and believing that it is within their abilities to do so.
Don't know any Millennials? I encourage you to get to know one. Learn about their passions. Their ideas. Wants and desires. Then make decisions about who you think they are!
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