Journal #12

What is the American Dream of today? I don't think the American dream has ever changed. It's stayed pretty constant over the years. So what is it? I think the American Dream is having wealth. Wealth in finance, wealth of family time, wealth in your health. Success in what you do.    No stress. No worries. Having more than enough to be happy. Everyone in the entire world wants that. No one likes to have to worry about money, or worry about their health, or worry about their family. The American Dream is the absence of worry. You can achieve SOME of it. Some people can be rich, so they don't ever have to worry about money. Some can be healthy, but not rich. Some might be poor and unhealthy, but have a great family. It's impossible to achieve the American Dream entirely. I mean, we spend our whole lives attempting to reach it, maybe even just brush it with our fingers, but it's impossible to get there. We think people who are rich, who are movie stars, or billionaires are living the Dream, but in truth, they aren't. They might be rich, but what about the other things? Health and family and so on? We can't ever know who's actually living it. There is no way to know. So we just go throughout our lives, climbing the latter until we reach the Dream. Doing our best to enjoy our lives as best we can, and making do with what we have. No worries. Money to do whatever you want with it. Always healthy. No family troubles or ruts to get stuck in. Getting to do what you want. Enjoying your life.  Being stressful  No more worries. No more stress. That is the American Dream. Will anyone ever actually reach it? I guess we'l never know.