spoiled with earthly wealth... or blessed with heavenly gifts?

As we go through life we must keep ourselves up to the standards set by our God the Father...  but as we continue through life you quickly learn that our culture has another set of standards, that our culture has another idea for your life.  Culture is our hidden and disgraceful leader... It creates definitions to our words,  actions, and lifestyles.  Time and time again we allow ourselves to be affected by "their" way of life, have we no self respect?

the aspect of culture and its definitions i feel the need to bring to light is simply its definition of being spoiled....  and you'll learn it will never be called being blessed.

--A man gets a promotion allowing him some spare cash, so he treats his family to a vacation (or gifts, dinners, etc) suddenly these young kids or the family is spoiled?  why would we not call them blessed by God?

These can be a thousand different ways to recognize the differences and similarities between spoiled and blessed situations.  but the aspect i'm looking for is that people start recognizing the positive more than the negative, that we start acknowledging that God is powerful and loving (but still has wrath mind you), that sometimes we need to remember that we wont all receive the same blessings as our friends and family (the world is different for everyone).