Last night’s Future Fit Mindset session reminded us why we keep doing this: spaces where youth and adults don’t just share time, they share truth.
Four young people, ages 17 to 20, joined the session.
As we worked through real-life scenarios brought forward by other participants, they offered clear, grounded perspectives that left many of us pausing.
At one point, someone a decade older asked them a sincere question: “How do you see life right now? Do you think about where you’ll be in 10 years?”
Their answers were honest and rooted. Yes, they think about the future. Yes, they have hopes, big ones.
But they’re also present. Aware. Learning to grow into who they are now, not just who they hope to become.
That answer touched her deeply. It held up a mirror. She realized how much she had been living forward, always chasing what’s next, and how little time she’d spent simply being where she was.
These kinds of moments are why we have these sessions, and why we are building this movement.
Where titles and age don’t dictate whose wisdom matters. Where listening becomes a form of mentorship.
Because at Gide-nuhs, we believe:
Everyone is a mentor.
And last night, that truth unfolded, in quiet insights, in brave questions, and grounded wisdom.