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Well ....it all started with a dream ..na..more of an idea...na dream..hmm..both. That's better. When the first time they (the youth group members) proposed it. I said Vow what a thought. But I blasted them too. Not because I did not like the idea or the dream of our own Youth Festival but because the idea was the put up before the group in a way that it should not have been. Had it been somebody else they would have been disheartened. Not our boys (and girls too). They sold the idea of what started with a few to the full group. 

That was about three weeks ago. Over the past three weeks they have managed to do their bit and move ahead on making the dream into a reality. That takes some guts. Especially when you have not done anything on scale that you are aiming at. True they have experience of successfully organizing programs before hand too. But what they are trying attempt is to get a few thousand youths to a part of this festival over period of three days. Now that is something really to aim for. They all know how tough its going to be. But deep within their hearts is a burning desire to make it happen successfully. More importantly are the efforts to push themselves hard and that by not compromising on their studies. Now that's really something to be proud of. And I am to be associated with them. Seeing them I realized one thing though what it means to live your dream.  The response on Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=278865938790559 and specially created website (http://giovinezza.co.cc/) has been really encouraging too. 

Way to go St. Michael's Youth Group, Manickpur....way to go.

All the best.

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