A culture of Entitlement written by Gideonslight

I recognized the real issue behind much of what is wrong with our nation today… as I’m driving to the Gautrain station a taxi chases past me over a red robot and shortly after brake in front of me causing me to change lanes to avoid a collision… then comes chasing after me and flash headlights to get me to get out of its way… during my early morning drive 7 people drove over red robots in front of me or broke some traffic law to get to where they are headed… then it dawned on me.

It is the sense of ENTITLEMENT that we exhibit that is out of balance with CONSIDERATION and RESPECT for others and the law. We shake our fists at a corrupt government that believes they are ENTITLED to take the taxpayers money... we are angry at criminals who believe they are ENTITLED to kill the farmer because the land should be given to them...

We get frustrated with the taxi drivers who believe they are ENTITLED to drive like maniacs because they deliver a vital service to the community... 

People will drive nearly on top of you to get you to drive faster or to change lanes because they feel a sense of ENTITLEMENT to the road, and they can drive faster than you so get out of the way! 

Its time that we check our very own EGO and sense of ENTITLEMENT. Then we will notice that we all carry this anti-social cancer within us... no wonder the world feels like a hostile and alien place...

If we as fellow citizens don't get our sense of ENTITLEMENT in balance with UNITY CONSCIOUSNESS I'm afraid we'll be our very own destruction too... Because today it's OK to drive over a red robot because we believe we are ENTITLED to get to our destination before others... but tomorrow we take from an innocent person something of value to them without realising that our behaviour is just as bad as the leaders who do the same to us. We all break the golden rule… do onto others as you would have done to you…

Without realising that our moral compass has been on a slippery slope for a long time... ENTITLEMENT combined with superiority complexes, selfishness and separatism brings forth the Zuma’s of our world. Microcosm vs macrocosm... YOUR small action is part of the BIG PROBLEM. It’s called the BUTTERFLY EFFECT. 

HOW IS YOUR SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT AFFECTING YOUR BEHAVIOR FELLOW SOUTH AFRICAN? Is your sense of ENTITLEMENT also contributing to the state of the nation or are you making this a better world for all of us by being considerate, thoughtful, compassionate, law abiding and kind? Do you respect the law selectively as it suits you? Then you are part of the problem! Think about it… 

Remember hate and intolerance cannot drive out corruption and lawlessness. We cannot solve the problem of our society with the same thinking and behaviour that created it in the first place…

We need to recognise where we are part and parcel of the same social cancer that is eating away at the fabric of our nation. The remedy for our nation does not lie in decapitating it’s corrupt head but it begins on the grassroots level where we each adjust our own behaviour accordingly. 

The world would be clean if we all sweep our own back yards… just like charity begins at home… so does the moral and character of our nation…

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