Entitlement

People say our young generation is entitled, it is a good topic to joke about for the stand-up comedians. Entitled is believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment. I believe this is not owned by the young generation only, every generation has it, every one of us has it to some degree. This is a problem we have in society in any age, in any countries in this world.

I remember when I was a kid, at night during the hot season our house was filled with mosquitos, and dengue fever are quite common in our country.  I can't remember whether I and my sister ever whined about it but I always remember the fact that my mother often stayed up late holding the insects killer racket just to defended us from the mosquitoes.

However, My entitlement behaviour took the bad on me, I thought she ought to do that one because she is our mother, it's her duties to protect us. I did not really care how many hours she has spent at our room every night, or whether she was tired that day or not, neither that I felt grateful or appreciate her kindness. This is because I believe that I would have to do the same thing for my children in the future, it is just a normal thing to do.

Entitlement is selfish, it's ugly, it drives people out of our life. My mother often feels that she has no one to talk to at home, when I grew up she confessed to me that she was lonely. If I realised my selfish attitude earlier, realised that not many children were privileged to have a loving mum like her and realised her sacrifices to us. I would say thank you to her every day and start to love her back, so she might not feel too lonely.

Mum, I am so sorry. Even though it's too late to say thank you every night for your love, or profess our love to you often, we do love you very much.