There are several things in our lives about which we are not happy. Our ‘wish list’ for something different, something more, something other than what we possess extends to several aspects of our daily life.
Many affluent teenagers now carry cell phones. But not all of them are happy with these gadgets. Every six months or so, they wish to change models; they want more ‘features’; they want the latest. When they are denied what they want, they sulk, they grumble, they wish they had richer and kinder parents. I am afraid many parents are simply pushing their children into the trap of acquisitiveness and covetousness by their indulgence and ‘generous’ gifts! Many children from affluent families simply do not know the value of money.
As for hard work, it is what others are meant to do to get them what they crave; they are brought up to believe that the world and everything in it is theirs for the asking.
Homemakers, mothers and wives wish to have better equipped kitchens; they want more gadgets, more equipment, more aids to make their life easy. They want better furniture, more expensive curtains, and nicer clothes to wear. Men want a better job, a better boss, a bigger car, more money and more leisure. Why, many graduating students from management and engineering institutes consider it demeaning if they are not offered a six figure salary to start with!
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