A Conversation with RedMoon on the Youth of Today

I think you should definitely write a blog on this … I think a lot of people will resonate with it.

On Sunday I met four people; a 12 year old boy, a 20 year old girl, a 24 year old boy, and a 26 year old girl. I had just played a cricket match and was sitting on the grassy bank surrounding this beautiful field on the Constantia Uitsig wine farm in Cape Town.

I was sitting enjoying a beer with a friend from my team (Paddy) and a new friend from the opposition team (Morgan). The 12 year old boy is Paddy's step-son He came and sat with us whilst we were chatting, but said nothing. We continued telling each other stories on a particular subject for a reasonably long time. After a while we fell into a natural silence, our stories complete. And then this boy spoke - quietly, clearly and politely he asked Paddy if he would like to come down onto the cricket field with him and his friends to play cricket. I realised that from the moment he had joined us this boy had wanted to ask Paddy this question, yet he had waited not wishing to interrupt us. I was totally nonplussed; I cannot think of even a handful of grown ups in the world that I know who have this patience and respect for others conversation to not interrupt, and this from a boy of 12 - and I marvelled at the youth of today.

Later, I went to my local for supper and was served by Simonne (interesting spelling to her name with the last syllable being pronounced "moan"). When she engaged me she responded to my smiles and our conversation was filled with smiles and chuckles and laughs. And I watched her during our chat and afterwards, and I realised that she wasn't simply being polite, or respectful (I am just the odd gray hair or two older than her), or looking for a tip, but that she was living in the moment and enjoying herself and her smiles and laughter were natural and totally without pretense or judgement. And I thought back to my times and again I wondered at the youth of today.

Afterwards, in the pub section, I bumped into the ex-boyfriend of my twin brothers daughter, John. He and his friends were fairly well tanked up and were enjoying themselves, unsteadily and noisily. John left his friends, came across to me, bought me a beer and proceeded to tell me what a great person my brother is plus what his plans were in life. My brother had set him up to understand what business is all about. John's dream is, and he is rather enigmatic about the need for this to happen within the next 2 years, to build an old age home in the memory of his Grandad, where people are accepted irrespective of their income, plus to own over a 100 charity shops worldwide. That is what he wants to do in life and is his passion. And again I marvelled at the youth of today.

And then John's new girlfriend (Cathy I think) arrived and after a while was introduced to me. We eventually started chatting and I became aware that she was blocking something inside her, and again my Angels told me what it was, and so I asked her a specific question: are you a good dancer (I knew by then that she was very, very good). All that she needed to do was to say "yes" but she couldn't. After some gentle probing she opened up; it was as if her face changed and it all flowed out and she was incredibly wise and perceptive; and at one point amazed at how much she was revealing. I tricked her a little by asking her if she was a good person; she still didn't say the word yes but had to laugh with me when she said so in another way. And then just before she and John left she shook my hand again, hugged me, no longer avoided my eyes and was energised and I could see how peaceful she had become. And she understood everything that we had said and what had happened. And again I marvelled and wondered at the youth of today.

And so I went home with the thoughts and energies of the four young people that I had met that day and I couldn't stop smiling at how beautiful my day had been, and how beautiful these young people are, and what an awesome future that presents to the world and the Universe for the future.

I resonate with this Jon …. my limited experience of children has also been a very positive one. Those of my friends and family who have got young kids, they are all wonderful creatures, it is so easy to love them and they bring so much joy in a completely effortless way.

Recently through my involvement with the acupuncture college and the Energy Clinic I have also begun to get a lot closer to people who are about 10 years or so younger than myself. My friends had always been either around my age or a little older, but now people in their mid twenties are crowding my emotional space rather a lot, and I have to say I am rather in awe of them. When I was in my mid twenties I was aware of a certain dissatisfaction but generally knew very little, and I feel the people I have met this year are incredibly sensitive and advanced when it comes to emotional and spiritual sensitivity, and they are also incredibly mature.

Their presence in my life has taken me by surprise but it is very wonderful, and so your experience resonates with me. We salute, respect, admire and look to the leadership if this wonderful youth.

With love from Merce & Jon