RAT RACE

The child is born and goes to school.

The proud parents are excited because the child excels, gets fair to good grades, and is accepted into a college.

The child graduates, maybe goes on to graduate school and then does exactly as programmed: looks for a safe, secure job or career.

The child finds that job, maybe as a doctor or a lawyer, or joins the army or works for the government.

Generally, the child begins to make money, credit cards start to arrive in mass, and the shopping begins, if it already hasn’t.

“Having money to burn, the child goes to places where other young people just like them hang out, and they meet people, they date, and sometimes get married.

They feel successful, their futures are bright and they decide to buy a house, a car, a television, take vacations and have children.”

The happy bundle arrives and the demand is enormous.

The happy couple decides that their careers are vitally important and begin to work harder, seeking promotions and raises and go back to school to get more specialized skills so they can earn more money.

Their children reach 5 or 6 years of age, and the need to save for college increases as well as the need to save for their retirement.

The above sentences show how our lives sometimes is like a rat race. Our parents tell us what their parents told them years ago, go to school, get good grades and find a safe and secure job. This is not the best advice as generations change because the result will be to end up the way our parents have ended up, sort of like a reputation. It may be a good or bad thing, but I personally would want to live a better life than my parents are living now not repeat what has been happening for years  and years.