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Why I'm So Screwed Up
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Why I'm So Screwed Up I just realize why I'm so screwed up. My mother smoked and drank while she was pregnant. I took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. I was put to sleep on my tummy in a baby crib covered with bright colored lead-based paint. I had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets, and rode my bike in a baseball cap, not a helmet. I rode in our car with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.. Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat. I drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. I shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this. I ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and bacon. I drank Koo-Aid made with real white sugar. And I was never<b> overweight. </font></b>Why? Because I was were always outside running and playing...that's why! I would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as I was back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach me all day. I would spend hours building my go-cart out of scraps and then ride it down the hill, only to find out I forgot the brakes.. After running into the bushes a few times, I learned how to solve the problem.. I did not have Play Stations, Nintendos and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVDs, no surround-sound or CDs, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. And I survived. I had friends and I went outside and found them. Talked to them face to face. I fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from those accidents because they were my fault. I got spanked with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, and no one called services to report abuse. I ate worms, and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms died. I didn't. I was given a BB guns for my 10th birthdays, 22 rifle for my 12th, rode horses, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and although I was told it would happen, I never did put out very many eyes. I rode my bike or walked (I'll explain later to some of you who don't understand what that means) to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't, like me, had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that! I tried out the next year and made it. And went to the Little League World series in Williamsport, PA. The idea of my parents bailing me out if I broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! My generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors ever. I had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and I learned how to deal with it all. So why do younger people think my generation screwed everything up. Simple. They have never learned to take responsibly for their own failures. Someone else is at fault. My generation are all racist, bigots or worse, simple because we believe everyone is responsible for there own actions. |
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