Baby Boomers - I smell something burning

What a self-absorbed bunch we are. I am talking about us late baby boomers in our 50’s and 60’s.  We think we are so important in the world, or at least the nation and that whatever we have or want is the best.  And we seem to be driving the nation down into our own self-absorbed funk.  We buy and take more drugs, attend more self help sessions, go to more lectures and work on self-improvement programs and insist that everyone else should do so as well. We are the center of the universe and as soon as everyone else gets on board, they will all be fine.  At the same time, we are incredibly insecure about what we believe, maybe that is why we are so loud about it all.  We rarely take time to relax and think about things in a bigger sense without ourselves and our small circle being the hub of all things.  We don’t see that others are very like us now matter how different they seem.  We also spend too much time letting others tell us what to think, drink, drive, see and feel.  We are a mess.  So we buy a self-help book or go to a seminar to feel better, but it never lasts long.  And if we truly believe, then we are so obnoxious, our friends can’t stand us.  We have become obsessed with more, bigger and better.  Our things own us and our credit cards are maxed (unless you are one of the rich few).   But we are still not happy and keep trying to buy ourselves to a better place.  And as we buy more, move to more remote or larger places and surround ourselves with stuff, we lose touch with our neighbors and our friends.  Even if we still see them and talk to them, we spend too much time checking our Blackberries or iphones, texting or looking for the next big/new thing to really get in touch with ourselves or our friends and family anymore.  We use stuff and technology as barriers between us not as bridges. We no longer listen well when others talk, too busy thinking of what to say next.  No wonder we are so unhappy.