Wanting to be significant
Years
ago, I was called a baby boomer. I was born in 1965. Ya, in know that was many
moons ago. Years later I realized that I might not be a boomer. It all depends
on how you define them. What is the official year range? In my 20’s they began
to talk about the generation x of this era. Huh? What is that? Who are they?
Why? These days I think I get it.
I have read many books and articles
about being loved. We all want to be wanted. There are so many songs that say “love
me”, “be with me”, and “I want you to want me.” I sang them all. It never
occurred to me that we are a wanting people. I just thought they were love
songs. Yet, these days people have social tags. They want to be African, gay,
or transsexual. There are hundreds of tags. I just read one white guy wanting
to be recognized as an Asian female.
That sounds nuts but is it? No
matter who you are, we all want to stand out. We want to be noticed. Must I
shout from the hilltop “look at me.” A weird witch hunt is happening in
America’s media. Famous men are being accused of sexual misconduct. It’s not
just one or two. This hunt has grabbed about 10 men in a month. Each case has
at least 8 or 10 women claiming injustice. All at the same time in one month?
Were all shouting for attention from the hilltop.
I am not saying there are not
injustices. Men can be horrible at times. This era will be known as the lost
generation. They are trying anything to be noticed. Millennials are fighting
not to be called millennials. It offends them. I could see the songs crying
about being offended. Yet, I think it runs deeper. We are lost. Who are we
these days? Were the abused. Were the sexual diversity. Yet, we are not
defined. We all have a view of who we are. Boomers were proud to be boomers.
What do we honor, be proud of, or worship in this day and age? The answer is
nothing. This is the lost generation.
What does God have to say about
this? Proverbs 11:1 says “The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate
weights find favor with him.” What does that have to with being lost? These
days the truth is subjective. Try being just gay in private. Oh no, you are
LBGQ. You have to belong to the pride parades. You’re the rainbow people. Shout
from the hilltop your gay and a pride warrior or your rejected. As a woman do
you support affirmative action. Woman cannot be a mom or wife. That is dirty.
You must be a manager, boss, and leader. A person? Oh no, not these days.
The dishonest scales point to slight
of hand. We must shout louder. We must win. We must be dishonest to be the
best. Why are so many sports athletes being caught doing drugs? Why are so many
actors being caught asking for sexual favors? Are politicians accepting dirty
bribes? Patrick these things happened years ago too. Did they? Did we shout?
Did we tag ourselves? Did we have pride parades? Not! People will do anything
these days to be noticed. We will march. We will witch hunt. We will spread
false news to win.
In the past a man’s word was solid.
A woman was kind, honest, and sweet. Today men spread lies to win. Women look
like men. People are using money to change their sex. Do we give to charities
or identities? We are in terrible debt and that’s ok. Someone else will pay for
it. I have noticed during elections things are quiet until the last week before
a vote. Then the false words, lies, and accusations fly. In many ways the
scales of dishonestly is all we have now.
So where does that leave us? Who are
you? Can you, just be you? A woman, a man, or just a private gay person. Do I
need to know your gay? Do I need to know you’re a woman? Are all men evil? The
media says so. What about the honest man? Who are we? Can you just be or is a
social tag needed to complete you? You, the lost generation. The one of no
truth and no identification on your birth certificate. You’re recklessly
heading somewhere in the future. How will history define you? As for right now,
we don’t know. Generation x has morphed in gen ?
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