When the going gets tough, the TOUGH get going

My parents Generation on the other hand, were the first to really "popularize" divorce. Women were moving out of the kitchen and into the workforce in droves, and it seems that along with that new sense of independence came an insidious counterpart; the art of giving up. Feminism touted that woman could "have it all" and indeed, I honestly believe that we CAN have it all, but in the mad dash to achieve that, commitment got kicked to the curb. I believe that generation of men and women were the first to be encouraged to be selfish. Yes, it's a wonderful to focus on your own dreams and desires, but in doing that, what have we sacrificed? Hard work, Dedication and stability were the sacrificial lambs of this generation. Don't like your job? Does your spouse just not "get it" all the time? Kids drive you crazy? Well, take the easy way out. Quit the job, there is bound to be another one out there. Leave your spouse too...they are a die a dozen, and we all now the next relationship will be SOOO much better (yeah right). Gone was the fighting instinct I can so proudly remember in my grandparents; that was the instinct that saves families, neighborhoods, businesses. It was replaced with the notion that EVERYTHING is replaceable, and that idea has shaped generations since then.