JES: Absolutely right. Societally speaking, our priorities have gotten so far out of whack, it isn’t even funny.
I build my football teams around hard work, perserverance, and staying the course no matter how tough it gets. Every single season, I have dozens of parents come up to me to say thanks. These kids all respond positively to the message and are very different when they leave the season.
I can remember Little League and Pop Warner as a kid and how much you had to work for your position and for the right to play on the team. Somewhere along the line, we have lost that ethic. Now, you don’t have to work to earn, you can just charge it. Or suck the money out of your overpriced house in the form of an equity line.
Maybe it is my Catholic upbringing, but I do agree with you about not taking it with you. And in spite of all this material wealth, a whole helluva lot of these people seem downright miserable.