Happiness And Happiness: The Definitions Of The American Dream

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Since the beginning of time, people have always had one goal and that goal is to be happy. For some people, happiness is easy to obtain and for others, it is a work in progress. It can be argued that in order for the average person to be happy they must make the American dream of a cushy job/job security, a lot of money, a huge savings account with thousands of dollars, a trophy wife or husband, a big house with a two or three car garage and two or three well behaved children a reality. Ironically, there are those who have a different definition of the American dream that have absolutely nothing to do with the aforementioned but they still manage to live well and wake up in a good mood every day. Happiness is what we create for ourselves. …show more content…

It can be argued that for people who cannot find happiness themselves take alternate routes to happiness such as using their children to achieve that little bit of happiness. For example, a 37-year-old man who’s a father of 5 who never got a chance to play for the NBA has a 6’3 17-year-old son who is constantly getting offers from professional basketball teams such as the San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Portland Trailblazers and Washington Wizards. The father’s definition of happiness would be getting free seats to his son’s games and being able to ride his son’s team bus to other cities as well as states for every …show more content…

The reason why it is so hard for people to be happy is because they want to concentrate on living in a perfect world where their heart’s desires becomes reality, anything different from that and they justify it with anger along with counterproductive violence. People want more of what they want and less of what they can get, when a person is so adamant about getting whatever they want at any cost then it puts them in a state of deep unhappiness. People need to concentrate on trying to find a middle ground, those who compromise, find true happiness. Perfection does not beget

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