Is It a ME Generation?

 Is It a ME Generation?

 

Families seem to have changed drastically over the past 70 or so years. Remembering how my family was at one time as a youngster and how it changed over the years has made me think about how families have changed since the old woman married a young man with strong family ties. Don’t know about others, but we seemed to go into the situation with certain expectations. And things did not always work out the way we expected—especially as our own children got older and began their families. But sitting here thinking about it, we hardly ever heard of divorce among the families whose children grew up with ours. And then we did—more than just one or two divorces. Men my husband worked with sometimes divorced, but generally they had stable marriages. Most of the people in my group stayed married—well, except for a few. But more and more marriages are going down in flames or will burn up the children in the legal system—splitting them up like property. When children are older, it is one thing. But young kids need a stable home life. Oh, if one or the other partner is hateful, it might be best if children are not around that attitude, but the ideal is that parents actually ACT like parents instead of spoiled children. That spoiled attitude is what makes me question if this is a ME generation.

 

Teenagers are not known—in general—for their serving attitude. But when prompted, they used to know how to help others with a good attitude. Attitude. What is it that gives a person a decent attitude? Is it realizing that the individual is not the ONLY one involved in this life? Is it taking that extra step to remember to do something when asked to do it? How much effort does it take to help with things around the home or at work? No amount of “tired” is justification for letting things go undone that the person should do instead of expecting others to do it for them. Life works out best when everyone involved does his or her part not only willingly but with careful attention to doing it every time it needs to be done.

 

Honestly believe that we had three of the best kids around. At least they cared or seemed to care about what they were asked to do. The old woman knows times have changed. Folks in my children’s generation are pretty much thinking about themselves most of the time—but not all the time. Consideration. Think my grands have some consideration for their parents. They just do not realize how blessed they are to have parents who have stayed together and made a family a whole instead of fragments of selfishness. Who knows how things will change within another generation.

 

May God bless our families and those who are torn apart by selfishness.

 

By the way, my brother has to have a test run this evening to be sure he has no blood clots, but if everything is clear, he goes home tonight with his new knee. Praise God!

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.