What Do You Deserve?

I’ve been thinking about a word that bugs me.

Now any one who knows me knows that I don’t believe in a few words like, accident, luck, entitled, and special. Recently I’ve really been bothered by a word. The word is, deserve! What does this word mean? Well to me it means some one thinks they should get something for either a return of an applied effort or by some right given to them; i.e.being.worthy. Now I’m pretty sure that I’m correct. Problem is we all ready have a word that describes why we get things that we have, it’s earned! I have nothing that I deserve, nothing that was given by right or worth. Even my pay is earned. If I was given what I (so called) deserved I would be wealthy (far beyond my modest miens). I would have a brand new motor cycle, car, home, clothes, shoes, and so on! See what I mean? No? OK then, let me tell you that people have not only told me that I’m a hard working man, but people I’ve worked with in the past have sent word through my siblings and friends that I am truly a hard worker. If this is true (which I like to believe it is), then don’t I deserve the things that I listed? Believe me or not, I think I’ve received things that I have earned. I don’t have a motor cycle, my car is a 1986-7 Volvo, I rent a small house, and the clothes I’ve owned for years. These are all things I have bought with hard earned money. Not money I deserve. So I guess I’ll add deserve to the list of words that I’ll not likely use.

Accident, some thing caused by no fault

Luck, random occurrence from chance alone

Entitled, received from by right of birth

Special, as though your better

Deserve. granted by some one