“To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.”
(Maya Lin)
America turns 242 years old today, and to celebrate, I’m reaching back three years—into our Happy Living Archives—to bring you a blog post called “Celebrating the American Dream.”
The American Dream is the promise of opportunity, not a guarantee of outcome. Living the American Dream means that with hard work, ability, and achievement, you get—the potential, the opportunity, a chance for, but not the guarantee of—success, happiness, and a better, richer, fuller life.
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Happy Birthday, America! I celebrate the freedom you have provided me.
Living in America, I have been free to learn and to pursue my dreams; free to succeed and to fail; free to love whomever I choose and to raise a family, or not; free to own a home and a business; free to think my own thoughts; free to write my own books[1]; and free to develop my own unique philosophies of life.[2] Most importantly, I have been free to pursue the purpose of my own life as I determine it.
I’ve been free to pursue the promise of this great country because millions of men and women have fought to protect my freedom.
With a full and grateful heart, I am reaching into the archives to share this tribute to our country and to honor all the men and women (past, present, and future) who protect freedom, because freedom is a great big thing!
Read the original post here: Celebrating the American Dream
And discover a few more tributes to America and those who protect her from the archives:
Serve Those Who Served to Protect Your Freedom
[2] The Belief Road Map: How to know yourself better and create personal philosophies to guide the way to the life of your dreams
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