Growing up in a country that is going through major political and cultural change can be very confusing for its youth. It is difficult to reconcile older generations and their upbrining with the changes happening in your generation. However, when you have leaders that exceed all expectations and set an example through those growing pains of democracy as we have had in Nelson Mandela, it makes the world so much simpler and easy to understand. “Courage is the triumph over fear” N.Mandela. It is to this example that I strive to meet in any challenge I face.