'American dream,' or 'Canadian dream?'

Ruken, in many ways I must agree with you. And Phil and harold and rdso40 and others who understand true survival skills... And surviving with honor.

"The world (spelled United States of America) owes me a living." This is a statement my mom used to make me ashamed of coming anywhere near that... now, today, very vocal people do whine and weep and gnash their well-tended teeth when there seems to be a danger of cut-back "entitlements."

To what is any one of us actually entitled? Nada! Aspirations? Well and good, but those are just roads to accomplishment. We are entitled only to what we earn, and sometimes we cannot even achieve that. So, make the best of it. Live with it. Adjust to it. And, try again on a different road. And never, never abandon Integrity. To do that is the greatest failure of all.

The backbone of America is not, I believe, summarized by the hands-wringing posters here. The very people whose hard work, with minds and actions of honor, good will, and yes, integrity, are too busy using their hands to build our country and keep it something we can be proud of.

The past is gone and locked in place. "Not even God change the Past." (Please accept this as metaphor; a religious controversy is not my intent.)

The future is speculation, always. Not yet determined. It's where our dreams are, not, as some might insist, a threat.

The present is here and now, and that is all we can control... ourselves. So, what the sam hill are we personally going to do with our lives. Even these few seconds to read others' ideas is our choice (and a good one, in my opinion, regardless your position). In our lives we always have choice, even among consequences we do not want. Making the best of what we have is what makes us strong.

We decide how to face life. Will we be strong (as is possible to us)? Or will we be wringing our hands and blame blame blame... and get no where? We can control only ourselves; we cannot "control" others in the pragmatic sense of the word.

"The man who is forced against his will, will keep his own opinion still." Think about it.

Source: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/05/9974429-american-dream-or-canadian-dream

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