Hello and welcome to Face The Truth. I'm Brother Barry Thompson.
If i said to you "YOLO," and you're over the age of 25, the phrase might sound foreign to you,
but for many under 25 this phrase has become a part of their everyday language.
Now what exactly is the term "YOLO?"
"YOLO" is an acronym which stands for "you only live once."
And the phrase itself is nothing new, but the term "YOLO"
achieved popularity when it was used in a rap song entitled "The Motto,"
by a young, popular, Canadian rapper named Drake.
After that song came out, the term "YOLO" took on a life of it's own. Take a look at this.
People post up pictures all the time of people passed out, or people
really, really, really wasted, people doing things they shouldn't be doing.
And then they go, "Oh, you only live once."
"YOLO" is you only live once.
You only live once.
Partying it up.
Kinda catchy sounding.
I heard someone tattooed YOLO on their wrist.
I think it got popular on twitter as a hashtag in order to, kinda like, justify some like crazy activities or something.
Sometimes I find people using it in very idiotic ways.
Why not just take this one little chance? What could go wrong? I have so many days ahead of me to live.
You only live once so anything that's happening in the present will soon be in the past,
and so there's no reason to think about consequences down the road.
It's like, chill. You know? It's your reputation out there. You gotta take care of it.
Now what does "YOLO" mean to a lot of young people today?
Well, anything goes.
It's living without limits. Seizing the moment. Enjoying the present. As long as you like, then just do it.
"YOLO" gives many an excuse to do whatever comes to mind without any concern about the consequences
of their actions. Let's take a look at this.
It's peer pressured so many kids into doing things that, you know, they don't see and, therefore they're not even
seeing the fact that they do have a future. Even though it's one life you do have a future ahead of you so don't
do stuff, you know, you will mess it up.
They drink all day and party all night. That's not really living it up. That's just. I think, wasting your time.
Partying or just binge drinking and they shout out "YOLO" like that's going to be ok, you know?
They're pretty crazy. Definitely intense.
I feel like it's a lot of people that are still going through that maturity phase, or trying to get from..
Familiarize themselves too.
Basically trying to figure themselves out and they kinda just use it to figure themselves out.
Kinda like, "Oh, I did it, but YOLO." Whether it's good or bad they find that out afterwards.
I feel like it's like a phase they go through. Eventually you're just like, take it back one notch. I should have never done that, you know?
Now although this phrase "YOLO" is new, the thinking related to it is actually old.
It even goes back to the ancient times,
and this is what is stated in Isaiah 22, and the verse is 13.
Now when we come back we'll see how this mentality has gripped countless young people today
and how tomorrow sometimes comes sooner than many may think. Stay with us.