Wednesday, February 20, 2013

What's It Going To Be?

The Earful - February 2013
By Tim Underwood
www.thewebvoice.com

I'm grateful our forefathers didn't share our society's entitlement attitude. If they had, our country would've waited tirelessly for someone else to build it.

Instead of venting, try inventing. Edison did. Zuckerberg did.

They did while you're thinking about doing, or more to the point: thinking that someone else should be doing it for you.

Harsh?

You bet.

Though far less so than the sting that complacency and bellyaching are going to cost you in the long run.

To be fair, the world is not always the rosy land of Utopia we'd like it be. There's sickness, poverty, racism and stuff that should make any decent persons stomach turn.

Amidst that bigger backdrop is government corruption, irresponsible citizens and kids that smirk at the thought of harming an animal.

Innocent people die...

LIVE.

Take a walk, talk to God and leave someone better than you found them, even if all you have for them is a smile. Resist the temptation to wallow in pity. Start small. Take the time you normally spend complaining and try...just try turning it into something that's at least one iota better.

Our ancestors did. And that's why we celebrate engineering feats like Hoover Dam, dreamers like Dr. King and Sally Ride and the determination of a certain 1980 hockey team.

Write that thank you card, optimize your search engine rankings, make a splash, move a mountain.

The Constitution was once a blank piece of paper.

The pen is yours for the taking.

What's it going to be?