Millennials

I have not associated with them much, but the limited contact that I have experienced has left me alarmed. They seem to seek shallow, cheap stardom--their selfie-driven 15 minutes of fame on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. They live and die for their clique friends.

There is a disconnect between them and the older generation, and it is not their fault. They like the Left and they do not care for guns or blue collar work and values. They seem to run in packs. Their antics are not clever and amusing, but seem shallow and juvenile and trite. Many maybe most of them feel entitled and special, deserving of the best pay, and quick promotions without paying their dues. They insist they are deserving of honors, recognition and rewards right now.

Victories are to be easy. No sacrifice is required. Hard work is an anathema. Who needs creative struggle and an expenditure of time and effort?

Now I advocate high self-esteem as critically basic to having the confidence to individuate. It is admirable and honorable to feel special, but if one wants to feel entitled, let one feel entitled to assert the natural right to self-realize and live free. One is entitled to work very hard for a very long time.

If we maverizers and Mavellonialists can convert and nudge Millennials to agree to leave their groups and mediocre living to individual-live and to individuate, then they will learn, love, create and think, serving God well and faithfully. If we achieve this conversion for millions of Millennials, then we have done something to guide these youngsters whose output, originality and brilliance will lead them to be the greatest generation yet.