ENTITLEMENT

Entitlement is possibly the biggest problem in our society today. Almost everyone believes we deserve something, or to be treated a certain way, and for whatever reason. It is a very prominent ideal, that, is simply not true. You aren't entitled to anything, child, adult, cop, nurse, white, black, athlete, or, genius. You aren't entitled to jack shit, you have to go out and stake your claim. We had this whole kumbaya shit, where everybody gets a ribbon for participation, and now everybody believes they are entitled to something. It's fuckin weak. The flipside to this is....IT DOESN'T MATTER...what the hell you've been through. You still, have to go out and continuously stake your claim in this world. Stop feeling like the world owes you anything, and, make a difference in the world.

I POSTED THIS ON FACEBOOK TODAY, AND, I WANTED TO ELABORATE ON WHAT I MEAN BY THIS.  THERE IS QUITE A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT EVERYWHERE I LOOK THESE DAYS.  I DO MY BEST TO TEACH MY KIDS, THAT, YOU AREN'T ENTITLED TO ANYTHING AND IN THIS WORLD, YOU WON'T GET YOUR WAY, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PISS AND MOAN ABOUT IT.  AT MY JOB, AND JOBS BEFORE, I HAVE MET SO MANY PEOPLE WHO FEEL ENTITLED, BECAUSE OF THE WORK THEY DO.  ENTITLED TO WHAT?  TO BE ASININE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD?  YOU DON'T EARN A RIGHT TO BE AN ASSHOLE PEOPLE, YOU'RE JUST AN ASSHOLE, AND YOUR JOB OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, GIVE YOU THE COURAGE TO BE THIS WAY.  YOU ARE THIS WAY BECAUSE YOU FEEL ENTITLED.  EVEN THOSE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT SO MUCH, FEEL IT IS THEIR TO, CONDESCEND AND DEMEAN, BECAUSE THEY FEEL ENTITLED TO SOMETHING, THEY HAVE LET PASS THEM BY.  YOU AREN'T ENTITLED TO ANYTHING IN THIS LIFE.  YOU AREN'T EVEN ENTITLED TO LIFE IN ITSELF.  WE ARE TEACHING PEOPLE, AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS, INCORRECTLY, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TEACHING THEM RESPECT AND APPRECIATION.

IT REMINDS ME OF A DANIEL TOSH, QUOTE ABOUT WHY A KID CAN'T GET HIS PICTURE ON THE FRIDGE, AND HIS RESPONSE IS, "BECAUSE ELEPHANTS AREN'T ORANGE YOU IDIOT".  IT'S HARSH, BUT TRUE.  YOU DON'T GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING IN THIS WORLD.  YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK, TO GET RECOGNITION IN THIS LIFE.  MOREOVER, ONCE YOU RECEIVE THE RECOGNITION, IT DOES NOT GRANT YOU THE RIGHT TO BE A SELF-RIGHTEOUS ASSHOLE.  WE ALL BLEED AND DIE.  THIS IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER OF MANKIND.  WE LIKE TO BELIEVE WE GET THINGS, BECAUSE WE ARE ENTITLED TO IT.  FOR INSTANCE, THE WOMAN WHO IS MISTREATED BY A MAN IN A RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE SHE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE HIM HAPPY, AND HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER.  HE FELT ENTITLED AND MISTREATED HER.  WHEN THE RELATIONSHIP WAS OVER, HER GIRLFRIENDS GATHER AROUND HER, AND TELL HER, SHE DESERVES TO FOCUS ON HERSELF BECAUSE SHE DESERVES TO BE HAPPY.  WHICH THEN SHE ENDS UP MISTREATING GOOD MEN THAT COME ALONG IN HER LIFE, BECAUSE SHE FEELS ENTITLED TO HER OWN HAPPINESS.  IT IS THIS SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT, THAT RUINS THE WORLD.  WE SHOULD GRACIOUS, AND HUMBLE, IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES, BECAUSE REALLY, WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION.  WE WILL DIE, SOONER OR LATER, MAYBE ALL AT THE SAME TIME, DUE TO A HUGE FLOOD OR HURLING COMET, AND WHAT WILL YOU SAY OF YOUR ENTITLEMENT THEN?    -  925