I feel like there are so many things in this world that we just do, because we are told to do it, because it means something... but since we are just told to do it... it doesn't really mean anything anymore.
Did that make sense? Let me go to a specific example to help explain what I mean.
What really got me thinking about this was how every day at my school we say the Pledge of Allegiance. That starts in middle school in my town. Starting in Kindergarten-at least at my school- we say it every Monday. Lately I've been wondering about how many people actually mean what they say when they repeat it every day. And then... I wonder how many people actually stop to think about what they are saying, and actually understand what it means. Granted, most people actually don't say the pledge in my district when they reach the high school, but I feel like that's more out of laziness than not agreeing with it.
I am one of the many people who don't say the Pledge in the morning, and true, not so long ago it was out of laziness, but now I don't say it because I'm not so sure I'm willing to completely pledge myself to this country, at least not when I'm 15, I want to actually believe completely what I am saying before I actually say it.
Any other examples of this?
