Sunday, August 17, 2008

"No, I refuse to!"

So im sitting here eating my Easy Mac trying to think of something i could write about, which I have been doing all day. This idea just popped in my head so I'm going to take it and run with it...Does a task which you are told to do make you not want to do it? For me it does in certain situations. I realize that someone who doesn't want to do what they are told might have an authority problem but it's only certain things that make me want to do this. Alot of things I can do with no problem like fixing my dinner, doing some chores, running errands, and lots of things similar to that, but other things I can't take. For example, I play softball at my school and everytime my team practices or plays we have to pick up the equipment afterwards. The upperclassmen do get senority most of the time and don't have to clean, but there are those times when a coach or senior asks me to get something. This is the instance when I want to tell them no and to get it themselves. This sounds a little harsh and it might be but i absoluetly hate picking up the bats, helments, and other things. Don't ask me why, but when someone tells me to help clean up in softball. I would gladly pick something up if I was in the mood to or if I did it out of my own will. This is a weird example...sorry. It is not only this simple stuff that doesn't really matter. There are also some deeper things ,that I'm not going to go in to, that when I'm told to do, I don't want to. I guess it is the independent side of me that makes me like this and I probably should try to remove it from me. I think many others are just like this. For some reason, people want to do things on their own time and on their own terms. They do not want people telling them what to do. Going back to what I said earlier it is definately some kind of authority problem. I honestly think it is our society that has made us like this. We think the world revolves around us therefore we can do what we want, when we want, and how we want it. The world today is teaching us to be selfish and we are excepting it. As time has progressed, one thinks more and more about themselves and less and less about others. I hate to say it but I know that sometimes I am like this and I think that everybody else is guilty of it too. One thing to think about is: What would the world be like if everyone started thinking less about themselves and more about others? I think I have gone off on a tangent, maybe not, but it's just something to ponder.

1 comment:

Jake N Shake said...

I fall into the same problem as you...when I played football, we had to clean up afterwards and I resented it. I loved the article! I definitely fell on the extremely lazy side.