Life’s Battle Lessons Book Launch: “Youths Go Astray Because Of Parental Neglect”- Tosah Francis Tiifu.
By Raymond Dingana.
A book
titled Life’s Battle Lessons, a book that is all about life’s challenges and
how to go about them has been launched. The launching ceremony took place
Sunday September 29th, 2019 at the Saint John Bosco Youth Center, Big
Mankon Cathedral.
During the launching ceremony, the
author, Tosah Francis Tiifu said: “In most communities and families, young
people are going astray because of parental neglect. To succeed in life, young
people need to be aided. They need support from their parents, be it mentally
or physically to excel in their various Commitments”.
While quoting a passage in the
book, Tosah Francis Tiifu said, youths live reactive lives based on what
happens to them rather than proactive lives based on values they possess: “They
live their lives by ‘Accident’ rather than on ‘purpose’. Looking at these
challenges, the puzzle is, how can we eradicate these contemporary challenges?
Amidst all these trouble and pain, should we run away or face them? I was once told that, if you see something
wrong you can either do something to improve on the situation or you do nothing”. Over
the years, my experiences interacting with young people have led to the
conclusion that they have chosen the path of doing nothing yet keep complaining. He
added.
On how to tackle day to day
challenges, Tosah Francis said, many youths focus on ways to escape from the
problems rather than facing them head on:“In
reality, young people face a lot of difficulties; they face the problem of
parental neglect, poverty, unemployment and so many other physical and mental
issues. Unfortunately, they focus on ways to escape from these problems rather
than tackling them. Running away from such challenges only gives temporary
relief but if we can identify these problems now and devise solutions to them,
we would save today and the generations to come”.
According to Tosah Francis, the book will help young people know
how to overcome challenges in life in order not to give up in life. Being a
Lawyer in the making, he says young people should not think they are limited to
a particular field and that. He says youths have many talents which they need
to identify and use them judiciously.
The book, Life’s Battle Lessons is in all Book Shops In Bamenda
and will soon be in other bookshops nationwide.
Author Of Life's Battle Lessons, Tosah francis Tiifu, Holding Copies Of His Book.
Tosah Francis Tiifu, Signing His Autograph On Copies Of His Books
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