"Earned, not Given"!

I saw a twelve year old wearing a t-shirt that gave me the strongest reason for optimism that I have had in several months.

   The t-shirt said:  “Earned, Not Given”.  Could this youth be representing a new generation that does not want to be entitled, but rather to “earn” their way??  If so, America will have a renewal in twenty-five or thirty years when this youth generation gets into power.

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It used to be a man sired enough children to take care of himself in his old age when he was unable to work.  Somehow that has been turned upside down.  We have now begun to think that the parents should leave a financial legacy for the children. And the children expect it as an entitlement.  What a reversal!  Especially since the children now days can feel discriminated against if they don’t get a car when they reach sweet sixteen, at least five years of college to complete four years of work and a forgiveness for any loans they may have taken out to finish school.   What a difference the words on a T-Shirt could make!!!