The “Me” Generation

There are many times at my church when an older person will go out of their way to make sure that I am okay.  They tend to think about me and make sure that everything is going great in my life.  Many times I am humbled by the amount of care other people will take in my well being when I have not thought of them in the same way

A friend and I were talking about the upcoming election and started talking about how so many people care about what the next President will do for them. What is it about this current generation that is so obsessed with itself?  I must admit that I have caught myself every once in a while looking at what can benefit me and me alone.  We have to admit that we live our lives from one perspective.  We can never truly see what it is like to “live in someone else shoes” so to speak.  Because of that this selfish attitude is sort of understood.

But regardless of that, this generation seems to be far more focused on itself than previous generations have been.  What could cause that?  I think personally it is because our parents taught us since we were little that we were going to be the most amazing thing since sliced bread (100% whole wheat nonetheless). And except for a lucky few we find out that all of us did not end up being the astronaut we dreamed of in first grade, but in spite of that we hold onto this selfish attitude that we deserved something anyways.  We feel like we are something special when you could compare any random person to another and besides little unique things about that person, we are very similar in many ways.

I say all of that to say this: I need to wake up every day and focus on how I can help others.  Maybe by doing that I can in turn help myself.  I guess that is sort of selfish now that I think about it.