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Remember when you were little and your mom and dad told you, "When you grow up, you can be anything you want to be!"? This seemed to be the anthem the baby boomers whispered into the ear of generation x. "Be whatever it is that you want to be!" -"Don't let anything get in the way of those dreams!" - "Live life with no regard!" As a generation that, for the most part, were forced to have a "sink or swim" mentality, the baby boomers were just trying to offer their children more freedom, more choices. They wanted us to have what they felt they didn't have.

I fear this has created a monster. I look across my generations and see the majority being indecisive and self-serving. It's as if instead of hearing "when you grow up, make sure you find fulfillment in what you become" - "Be what you know you can pour your heart into" - "Don't get discouraged" - and "Live life responsibly and respectably" we heard "When you grow up, decide what you want to be by trying everything; you can have your cake and eat it too" - "Make sure YOU are happy above all" -"Don't feel obligated to put anyone first- not even your family. Heck, you don't even have to respect your boss- fight for the way YOU think work should be. And if someone stands in your way, take 'em down; they don't deserve the promotion- YOU do!" - and "you are not responsible for what happens in your life, so don't waste time thinking about cause and effect or 'what if...'."

We forgot what the options our parents and their generation gave us were suppose to be. We forgot that these were options of ways we can, for a lack of a better phrase, "make the world a better place". These were options to serve this earth and the people on it. Not options to serve ourselves or different ways to become rich. Generation x has neglected to see the value of a commitment. If we don't like this college, we'll try a new one. If we don't like this professor, we'll try an new one. If we don't like this degree, we'll try a new one. If we don't like this husband/wife... we'll try a new one. ... It's so sad. It's so dangerous. We've bred a mentality of discontentment.