Breathing Dreams like air- blog 13

     The American Dream is defined as the idea that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. Despite this, I believe that the American Dream is different for every person living in the United States. Everyone has different goals they are pursuing and different aspects of life bring them happiness. Personally, I would describe the American Dream as the freedom to do whatever I want and follow my personal dreams. My definition of wealth is not material goods. I value material goods and understand that money is a necessity, but only consider money as a means to facilitate my happiness. To me, wealth is found in experiences and moments in my life where I am very happy. This happens the most when I am outdoors or spending time with people I love. A wealthy person is someone who lives a fulfilling life and is always happy. Most americans tie wealth into money. The average person views wealth based on the paycheck someone takes home. Someone is wealthy if they have a lot of money and they are poverty stricken if they do not have much cash. I disagree with this common belief because there are many people with a huge amount of money are not happy while there are many people with almost no money who are a joy to be around and love life. Money is a means to happiness, but being rich is not the same as being wealthy. A wealthy person is someone who is happy because they love what they are doing with their life. I believe that monetary wealth and poverty play a small role in the whole scheme of things. As long as someone has a positive outlook on life and are doing what they love, I would consider them very wealthy.