We hear this all the time now…how life is not fair for this person or that person or this group or that group. And how is fair defined? Someone got something the other wanted. Is it so much that life isn’t fair or that the people complaining are envious? In this wonderful country, you really can get whatever you want. All it takes is work. Are there exceptions? Sure. There are instances when someone is truly prevented from doing something because of their race, sex, religion. These are rare occurrences, however, in this country. In other parts of the world, people are kept from reaching their true potential all the time. Why do you think all the world wants to come here?
So, why are there so many citizens here that feel like they cannot make it? Perhaps they are being taught the wrong lessons in life. When people are more willing to protest something than they are to work for it, well, what do you expect? You want $15 an hour working at McDonalds? Shut your mouth and put down your sign. Bust your ass and do a spectacular job and you will make $15/hour there–as manager. But show up late, do a half ass job, provide poor customer service and be generally rude to everyone, well, my dear, you deserve minimum wage because you put in minimum effort. The media should be reporting about people that have overcome and done something amazing instead of covering the people sitting around complaining that they don’t get paid enough for the crappy job they do. Was it a secret that no education means crappy salary? I don’t think so. Was it a secret that having children changes your life forever and requires a lot of money? I don’t think so.
Don’t like your lot in life? Change it. Don’t expect the world to change for you. It’s not their fault you dropped out of school and got pregnant or got someone pregnant. It’s not the world’s fault that you got arrested for drugs 5 times and still haven’t learned. It’s most certainly not the world’s fault that you spend all your money on an IPhone 6 and couldn’t pay your rent. Most of the people with money in this country have one thing in common. They don’t blame other people for what they have or don’t have. They get up every day and do what needs to be done to have what they want or need.
The newer generations are being taught that hard work is not fair. Nobody should have to actually break a sweat. Everyone should share in the prosperity created by the hard working, even if they haven’t done anything. That is what’s NOT fair.