Further elaboration of the thought I shared by Wilford Andersen was provided by Elder Dale Renlund:
The concept—“the greater the distance between the giver and the receiver, the more the receiver develops a sense of entitlement”—also has profound spiritual applications. Our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, are the ultimate Givers. The more we distance ourselves from Them, the more entitled we feel. We begin to think that we deserve grace and are owed blessings. We are more prone to look around, identify inequities, and feel aggrieved—even offended—by the unfairness we perceive. While the unfairness can range from trivial to gut-wrenching, when we are distant from God, even small inequities loom large. We feel that God has an obligation to fix things—and fix them right now!
This would indicate that those who characterize themselves as "woke" are actually better described as entitled. One might think that gratitude might encourage individuals to have the blessings that one enjoys shared more widely with others. In my experience, gratitude is more gracious than grating.
