My Shopping Cart Epiphany

The wife and I went to the grocery store tonight to get some food. Our kids are coming in for the weekend and despite the fact that they have been away for a number of years and are married they still eat a lot, especially at my house. Anyway, it was in the parking lot at the grocery store that I had my epiphany. I saw very clearly that the problem with America is we are LAZY.

Now I hear some saying this is nothing new but I beg to differ. There have always been those among us who were lazy but we have taken this vice to a hither to unknown level (thus the capitalization of the word).

Why you ask would I say such a thing (if your reading this I'm guessing you might ask). When we came out of the store and went to our car there were two carts right next to it yet there was a cart holder (I'm not sure what the technical name is) right in front of my car - 10 feet away from the where the carts had been parked. There was another cart holder one parking spot to my right - again maybe 10 feet away(I love such places because I don't have to walk too far to dispose of my cart). Both places were almost empty of carts. Now I ask you, how hard is it to walk 10 feet and put a cart in one of those things? I mean even someone in a wheel chair could have done it with ease. Then it hit me - you know the epiphany thing. Were LAZY - that is our problem.

I don't have a solution for this problem but at least I now recognize it. Maybe we should start support groups for people who struggle with this problem. Since the government is giving away money these days why not use some of it to identify the worst offenders and get them some mental help. Perhaps our schools should add a course that will give our children the skills they need to combat this issue. Of course being a pastor I would certainly expect ministers to preach to this disgusting social malaise. Why not start a letter campaign and ask our new president to address this concern before it destroys us all.

Remember, all it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing (or something like that). That's the problem - we're LAZY!