Deep Speak - Self Reflections

Today, as I cleared my drawers in school, I came across a box of cards.
The title of these cards is "Deep Speak", and basically, the set consists of 120 questions on beautifully designed cards, which are meant for deep thinking.

"Some questions are hard to answer
Some questions take us by surprise
Some questions haunt us for years
Some questions make us laugh
Some questions challenge our values
...and our picture of who we are..."

This is what is written on the cover of this box.
I had used this questions when I taught literature last year, and needed to draw my shy, seemingly unresponsive kids from their shells.

I have picked out one for self-reflection of my own.
This question reads, "What do you think is the hardest thing for young people today/"
Lets see...
I feel that while the younger generation are born in an era where life has been made much easier by all the technological advances, it has ironically made their lives less 'meaningful'.  They have access to fast information; can travel conveniently around the globe; and have most of their jobs less physically tiring by modern machines.

But has the 'easy' life made the young too comfortable? Do they assume that they can always get things the fast and simple way; and that eventually, money will be the way to cure all the evils of the world they perceive?

How will they learn to be more resilient and less dependent?
Will they be able to think on their feet?
Can they retain values like compassion, empathy, care and kindness?

Young people today are lucky since they do not really have to 'suffer' much...and yet, I worry that without that necessary hardship; many will take things for granted.  They may be more self-centred, and inward looking; and put their own needs first before the greater good of mankind.

I may be wrong..I am sure that there are still plenty of decent, well-grounded young individuals out there.
But just a gentle reminder here...
Life is not just the pursuit of material and physical gains.
Happiness, love and good health are still key to the human existence....Do not forget that