113. I want it NOW!

"Why is it that there is a need for younger kids to have things 'right now' instead of saving and building"


I was talking to an old friend of mine recently who was talking to me about his younger brother wanting to buy a home. The younger brother is in his early twenties, is recently married and holds a stable job. Up until he got married he had lived with his older brother (my friend) for many years..saving money...working..etc.

My older friend tells me, "How is it that he wants to buy a home already? My wife and I had to pay rent for yeeeeaaaarrsss...had to buy used appliances, had to wait for anything...."

I think this show's a prime example of our time. The drive for "now"....the drive for I want/need it this moment.

PSYCH!SENSE tells me that many hardworking older generation people truly had to save, build and wait for their goods...as they had children, their children did not have to work so hard...in fact...they didn't know the difference between used or new clothes...between "good" food and "bad" food...they just knew food. Were they forced to find a job? no...were they forced to work for anything?

I only mention this because our newer generation I feel has lost the traditional values of working and saving. We have become so stuck with how something looks and presents that we've lost contact and sense with what "is" and how we hold things dearly. It's like an all or nothing attitude.

I will get the best looking car!
I will buy my home right now and be in debt for the rest of my life so that I can look good.

Now there are certain younger generations who have found the ability to save what they have...most likely it was because they were brought up with the ideals of saving and working hard as they were probably forced to work hard as a young child.

These are things though that only the wise can explain. They have lived through it, have created their home and have worked hard for what they have...it is only through their teaching that this can all be seen and learned. Challenge yourself to not have it "now" instill the old ideas of "layaway" and the ideals of patience. Things that many of us have forgotten about....