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There are numerous activities and beliefs that I have abandoned over the time. I believe that I have abandoned many traditional values, moral values and religious values. These values and beliefs were more prevalent in my parents and grand parents. The dominant reason for leaving these values or beliefs is for attaining the same status of modernity and youth as attained by other people of my age. Clinging to these values is difficult because it makes one look old-fashioned and also unwelcomed in the group of young people. Another reason that comes to mind is that old has become irrelevant at my age. Does reliance on moral or religious beliefs makes me look outdated? Why not abandon them when people of my age are not practicing them?

I have realized that morality is on decline because most of the time I only care about what is beneficial for me. I pay little attention to moral values like courtesy, giving respect, humility or integrity. This is the same materialist thought of other people who are known as millennial. Moral degradation is also discernible in the actions of neglecting the difference between right and wrong. This makes me realize that society has set some values and standards for its people but today we care less about them. No one at my age thinks about the rightness or wrongness of an action and if someone starts this debate they show disliking. In my every decision of life I only think what would benefit me.

I was forced to abandon belief of morality. I personally experienced that whenever I started a discussion on how society has morally degraded the entire group seemed to hate the topic. Also I was told by them multiple times to stop this nonsense. Influence of modernity and materialism have changed the minds of young people like me. We only dream of getting rich and having an ideal lifestyle but ignore the consequences of such thoughts.

Abandoning morality is due to the fact that there are hundreds of views on what is right and wrong. This ultimately leads a thinker to a chaotic and complex position. It is not possible to find what is actually right because one act could be right according to one ethical philosophy and wrong according to other. This makes me believe that existence of different ethical theories or ideologies have brought youth to an un-deciding situation. They are unable to find the answer to their moral consciousness and thus decide to ignore the moral aspects. Judgments made according to one theory could be denied on the principles of the second theory. I experienced a conflicting situation when I thought about making charity. Because according to one school of thought it ends suffering of poor but the other school claims that it increase poverty by discouraging hardwork.

Impatience and intolerance are two important traits of young people that caused moral degradation. I abandoned the moral and spiritual values because like other youngsters I lack spirits of sacrificing. Morality demand patience and sacrifice which people of my age are lacking. Due to impatient nature I hardly takes time to analyze what is right or wrong in conflicting situation. I hardly have time to listen to others or think about helping others if I find someone in trouble. In daily life I encounter many situations that raise the question of moral correctness but due to my intolerance I hardly pay attention.

I have abandoned moral values because they emphasize on good family relationship. In this modern world and due to the influence of technology I am continually neglecting my duties towards my parents. I rarely spend consecutive two hours with my parents, most stay out at weekends, miss family dinners and don’t that them for what they have done for me. These habits are the result of rejection of moral beliefs. I think that technology in the form of social media has played a negative role in everyone’s life. I prefer to spend more time on social platforms then with the family. Technology has thus promoted negative and immoral trends. The common excuse that I will use for justifying myself is ‘everyone is doing this’.

I have abandoned moral and spiritual beliefs because they suggest supporting humankind. I hardly remember any incident where I had helped a troubled human being. This is again due to my disconnection from moral and spiritual values. Spiritual belief emphasize on giving charity but I focus on saving money for myself. Moral belief encourage a person to treat others with humility and kindness but I often show anger for little things. I never care about the feelings of others and must have hurt many people that is also due to absence of moral and spiritual beliefs.

The reason of abandoning moral and spiritual values is the moral degradation of the society. I learned from the immoral behavior of others to neglect these beliefs because life becomes difficult for those who hold to them. People who don’t care about morality appear to be more happier because they are self-oriented. I therefore abandoned these old traditional beliefs because they create confusion, tension and conditions of discomfort. My goal of attaining success in life have made me believe that these values are irrelevant and unimportant. Clinging to this mindset will affect my growth and journey to success. Entering into the debate of rightness and wrongness brings disappointment, unhappiness and confusion.