#77: Chained

In America, many of us get everything we need, and almost everything we want instantaneously. If you're reading this, that means you are fortunate enough to have an internet connection. Just over half of the world population currently has no access to the internet. Are you a car owner? Congratulations, you're better off then 91% of the world. But I still get impatient while stopped at a red light, and if my internet stops working, my blood boils. My entitlement spoils the blessings I've been given. The world tells us, MORE MORE MORE and NOW NOW NOW, but what do we really need?

http://www.recoveryoutfitters.org/the-entitlement-trap/

Woe to the injustice that has fallen upon this earth

That was born out of the time of mankind’s birth

Where foolhardy wisdom has shown us the way

To an indebtedness that we cannot repay

We are trapped in a land of continuous sorrow

Where darkness reigns and nothing is hallowed

The emptiness of regret and the sting of fear

Blind us from seeing the blessings that the Lord has brought near

As rain falls from the sky gently to the ground

And the sun shines brightly on everything around

Entitlement becomes our undignified response

We claim to deserve this, with pride and pomp

We tilled the dirt and laid the seed

But we did not create the things we need.