tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35628812.post7955878830170807913..comments2023-11-02T12:04:21.036-04:00Comments on Keep In Touch: Food for Thought.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16294962658680385662noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35628812.post-22148298471713402722009-05-22T13:46:13.526-04:002009-05-22T13:46:13.526-04:00Interesting. I have everything I need now, but if...Interesting. I have everything I need now, but if I use up all that I saved for the future the future will pose a very poor "now". So you do have to balance now with the future. We never know what it will bring. Did that make sense?<br /><br />MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35628812.post-70287889705724959622009-05-21T21:37:45.909-04:002009-05-21T21:37:45.909-04:00And Beth, I don't think that you -- or I -- or our...And Beth, I don't think that you -- or I -- or our families have any more or less sense of entitlement than anyone else I know. It's rather cultural, and we have to fight it, I think, but it ain't easy! That's what I like about trying to live in the now, because right NOW, I have everything I need.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294962658680385662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35628812.post-65571619464932722002009-05-21T21:35:34.762-04:002009-05-21T21:35:34.762-04:00I think that was the point that the article was ma...I think that was the point that the article was making, about the entitlement, but I disagree that the streams of info are creating that. Maybe it's actually the opposite -- the entitlement is creating the streams of information. Everyone wants to know everything NOW, all at once.<br /><br />I actually think it started with MTV. Really. Because Music Videos seemed to really start the fast edit, quicker flashes of pictures, and that made people realize they could speed up thing and people would still absorb it. And now, it's just a torrent.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294962658680385662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35628812.post-39142420434885120972009-05-21T19:06:24.757-04:002009-05-21T19:06:24.757-04:00I guess I'm equating it to the me generation that ...I guess I'm equating it to the me generation that feels they are entitled to the new big house, the new big car and the vacation now and not waiting until they can afford it...I wasn't raised that way and have a hard time when my own husband wants everything bigger and better but we can afford it so that does make it different. Even my mother seems to have a sense of entitlement from the government to provide for her, which while it is helpful to me that she is independent, I feel the government is not responsible to "give her" it. Even kelly gets quite a bit because of her disability but part of the economy's problems is too many people getting a handout...my family included. Wow....I'm really in a catch 22 with this post arent' I. <br />say hi to Jan.....hugs to allBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15259455920829596022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35628812.post-91838554396479587712009-05-21T15:27:19.453-04:002009-05-21T15:27:19.453-04:00Hi Beth
I actually don't think of living in the no...Hi Beth<br />I actually don't think of living in the now as contributing to the sense of entitlement. Because if you feel that you "deserve" or "need" or "want" more than what you have already, you aren't REALLY accepting the now, because in the now, you have only exactly what you have, and that is almost probably enough.<br /><br />Does that make sense?<br /><br />Have fun!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294962658680385662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35628812.post-64253919290674466092009-05-21T08:43:09.557-04:002009-05-21T08:43:09.557-04:00the scary part to me is if we are so into "now".. ...the scary part to me is if we are so into "now".. what is the next nature progress....needing to be in or create the "future"...now that is scary for many reasons I won't get into "now"...<br />I only hope if things do follow a natural progression...all will come full circle and we will live as we are able to and not what we think we are entitled to.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15259455920829596022noreply@blogger.com