The Failure Of Success: The American Dream

The Failure of Success

He frugally sipped from his bottle of tequila. Sipping more and more into despair, getting closer to an equilibrium in his mind as all of his troubles created by himself had dissipated from his mind in his drunk haze. Another man, stiffly sat down after a long day of strenuous work, and poured himself a glass of wine, and proceeded to reflect on his day, and where to go next. The other, had began slandering words under his breath, yelping at the floor as if it were responsible for his situation. The other man, had began to ponder what to do next, and how to prevent what had happened in the past from happening again. One will get to work the next day, create, and eventually sell a business to a larger company and will join the millionaires club. One will be taken to the hospital, and treated for alcohol poisoning, only to be released, and let out into the wild desolate wasteland of reality.

Both men had been divorced. Both men had been self employed. Both men had filed for bankruptcy, and failed at achieving their idea of “The American Dream”. But their differences end there. While one man, seeking refuge from the horrors of existence, had taken his first sip of alcohol in a long while so he could ease his aching mind of the stress of reality, the other, had the same drink, but for different reasons. One

The truth is, that nearly every person we see as “Successful” has failed in their life. And it 's how we handle the sum of these failures that define our success. Everyone 's idea of success is different, similar to everybody 's idea of a “Dream Car”. Some people want a fast sports car, and a fat wallet; Others, a small, sensible sedan that good on gas, and a loving, caring family. But across every type of person, from every class of wealth, people who we see as successful all have one thing in common;