I often wonder….

 "Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'? Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

Luke 17:7-10 (ESV)
 
I often wonder if we have become obsessed with being praised for the things in life that we should be doing. When I was in high school, I asked my dad if I could skip the graduation ceremony and go to camp. I honestly felt like there was nothing to celebrate. I was forced to go to school, was responsible for getting good grades, as I was supposed to, and finished my course work, as was expected. I did not do anything out of the ordinary, certainly nothing to be celebrated.
 
I often wonder why a culture celebrates doing things they are expected to do? Is it that doing what we are supposed to do is unusual?