"Everything is amazing, and nobody's happy..."

We are a selfish society of spoiled brats.  We think the world should make way for us, and we should not have to wait.  We took it way too seriously when our mothers told us we were special.  Now, we all think we are each a star in our own movie, and everyone else is just an extra.   

We cry about how unfair it is that rich CEOs have more toys than we do, and we like the idea of taking his money and feel no shame at our own greed.  We don't want to work hard, and we don't believe we should have to pay any dues.  We want it, and we want it NOW!

Think about the things that our youth, and even some adults, consider a fundamental right.

• Cell phones:  Which is why the U.S. government provides a program to give welfare recipients free cell phones.
• Health insurance:  Not even just medical care, but insurance.
• Other people's money:  CEOs have lots of money and it makes us mad.  They should make less money and give it to us (but for some reason, we don't mind actors, sports players, nor Michael Moore making millions).
• To never be offended:  Most people are offended by the truth, when they don't want to hear it.  The current line of "correct" thinking is that you have a right to infringe on someone else's free speech because you are offended, however easily.

The truth is:  This country doesn't owe us a living, an education, a retirement, health insurance nor especially the right to never be offended.  We have more material things as a people than any other nation in the world, and it has never bought us happiness.  We are blessed beyond our comprehension, and we have thousands of reasons to look around us and be amazed, yet we are too impatient and spoiled to enjoy our ease of life.  This a generational thing -- unfortunately, it's a my-generational-thing (30-somethings) just as much as it is our youth.