What the American Dream means to me is happiness. Being happy and not having to worry about food, shelter, and/or health. To have a healthy life, family, and relationships whether it be friends or family. To me the American Dream is not having a big house, nice car, or expensive clothing because I believe no matter how much material you have it will never bring you true happiness. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it’s all that matters.” (Audrey Hepburn)
My current goals are to finish high school and to go to college. My 5 year goal is to graduate college and find a job that I like. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” (Confucius) This is one of the few quotes I live my life by because I find it to be very true. Instead of working my life away in a cubicle, I rather do something I like for example helping others. My lifetime goals are to have a beautiful wife and buy my parents a nice house. As I grow older I hope to not forget where I came from and remember the people who raised me. A
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Before Buddha became “Buddha”, His name was Siddhartha, he was a prince that was sheltered and didn’t know much of the terrors outside the walls. After discovering the truth, he decided to live an ascetic life, which is a life where one gives up pleasures such as materials and lives a simple life. He would later go to such extremes like not eating til near starvation. After 6 years he realized that it was better to live a balanced life instead of living a life with such extremes. He would sit under a Bodhi tree and vowed not to get up until he discovered the truth. During this time he was challenged by an evil demon named Mara. Mara was banished and Siddhartha finally found the truth he was seeking for. Siddhartha finally becomes the Buddha, he who is awake, and began to lead people to enlightenment. “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”