We do much in the name of entertainment. We are a people in need of perpetual entertainment, and we will throw parties, drink, and do drugs as we look for a deeper level of entertainment. We are a people who engage in sex for entertainment and we are a people who can never be entertained by the TV no matter how many stations are at our disposal. We love to be entertained and we take our entertainment seriously. Many of us can’t even go one weekend without seeking out the nearest form of entertainment, even if it means we end up alone and sick from our efforts. Entertainment drives us. It is the reason we go to work sometimes and it is our light at the end of every week long tunnel. We are literally obsessed with our own entertainment.
Entertainment has taken such a strong hold on us that we are often at a loss for what to do with some down time, some time to be alone with our own thoughts and feelings. Do we use our perpetual entertainment to avoid thinking about things or to avoid being responsible? Do we look to entertainment to solve our problems or do we recognize that our entertainment is exactly what causes our problems? I am not just talking about the young. There are plenty of adults that are still using entertainment as a main source for their lifestyle, and the consequences mean nothing. There are plenty of people in their thirties and forties losing their right to drive and facing jail time thanks to their perpetual search for entertainment.
