More, More, More. Bigger, better, best. We always want more than what we have? What has been our motivation behind this greed? It’s not a new concept, especially among people in America. Social status has been an important factor in the American Dream for years. Why are we never satisfied? While people in other countries are starving or living off small bowls of rice, we go to college to make a lot of money, to buy a big house and a nice expensive car that takes premium gas. Slowly but surely we find out that there are bills to be paid, and school loans to pay off. It seems that no one is hiring, or many college graduates are over qualified for jobs that are open.
Is this the American dream? Are we working this hard, pulling out our hair and dealing with overrated professors just so we can struggle once we graduate college? Hell no! I know I’m not. Are we doing this because we want to or because we need to or because society says that we should?
Why are we never satisfied? I love college at Ohio State but one thing our generation needs to realize is that nothing will ever be handed to you. Not in the real world. Wake up people. In the real world people want you to fail. People have no regards for your feelings. It’s like crabs in a bucket. That’s why it’s important for you to follow your passion no matter the salary. Because at the end of the day, it’s all worthless if you hate getting out of bed every morning to go to work. It’s all pointless if you’re going to pull your hair out over chemistry exams when you know that in your heart you want to be an artist or a musician. You will be miserable. Don’t measure the value of your life according to society’s depiction of the American dream. Measure it by how many hearts you touch, how many people you bless and your ability to get up in in the morning happily. The rest will fall into place.
by Charaun Little
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