Whatever happened to families getting together? Visiting and maybe even enjoying a meal you prepared together? While the kids all played inside and out while building a bond that last a lifetime. There are still 24 hours in a day, and most of us still work 8 hours a day and have the weekend off. If you cannot make time in your life for family, who can you make time for? Whatever happened to self-respect? Whatever happened to men wanting to be seen and thought of as real men, and women wanting to be seen and thought of as real ladies? Men wearing pants that sag past their butt cheeks, hanging so low they have to bend over to reach into their pockets. Women wearing shorts and dresses so short their panties would be less revealing if they wore them. How can you expect anyone to show you any respect when you have none for yourself? Whatever happened to Pride? Have pride in yourself and all that you do. Doing a job that you were so proud of you wanted to sign your name to it. No one wants to own their work anymore. They want to make it somewhat cosmetically appealing, long enough for them to get away from the job and get paid. Then whatever goes wrong is the consumer’s problem. Whatever happened to chivalry? Men, I repeat MEN offering to help others, not just women, but the elderly, weak, or helpless. Because women fought for equal rights you somehow have that confused with their gender? They are still women, and ladies, there are still the elderly, weak, handicapped, and disabled. Sitting in the car playing on your phone while your wife or other female companion is outside in the cold pumping gas and checking the oil, does not make you masculine; It makes you a lazy girly guy, sweetheart. Whatever happened to common courtesy? Holding a door open for the person behind you, saying thank you to the person that holds it open for you. Cleaning up your own messes, instead of thinking someone is getting paid to do it for you. Minding your language in public places. Whatever happened to you tossing your trash in a trash container instead of on the ground? Whatever happened to compassion? How can you walk out of a restaurant after eating a $40.00 meal and walk past another human being sitting on the sidewalk starving begging for change and feeling nothing? How can you ride comfortably in your $80,000.00 vehicle passing a less fortunate person walking in the middle of nowhere with a 150-pound pack on their back, struggling to get somewhere? Whatever happened to honesty? An honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. Instead of while the boss is away the employees will play. Or an employer taking advantage of a worker in need. Because jobs are hard to come by and he has a family to feed he is desperate. That does not mean you can work with him for less pay. If someone is working hard for you and helping you, you should help them also. Whatever happened to all these things our lives are missing? They were sacrificed, for drugs, money, sex, and any and every materialistic thing we can own to give others the illusion that we are something we are not. People are too self-centered, selfish, and greedy to waste time being honest, polite, passionate, and courteous. I say this often, I will say it again. You get what you give. Give generously, give from your heart, and give with compassion and sincerity. It doesn’t have to be money. You want respect, give respect. You want loyalty, give loyalty. You cannot expect to get that which you are not willing to freely give. Everyone wants change but no one is willing to change. Don’t wait on everyone else and be a follower. Lead, step up, and step out ahead proudly. Be a good example, guide, encourage, counsel, and show others something better. Lead by example, and always know that someone is watching you, and learning from you. Be careful what you teach them. People used to care what other people thought about them, how they looked, acted, provided, and the quality of their skills, and the manners of their children. I wonder, whatever happened to you?
Simply My Thoughts
Dean Butler
