Living the American Dream.
I have been captivated by this election cycle. I have watched every debate and most of the speeches. I have visited both parties sites and read about where they want to take our country. I don't know why I have been caught up SO MUCH - however I am caught!
A few days ago I was watching the Mike Huckabee show on Fox news. He closes his show with a little blurb summing up what the show was about and this show he was talking about the American dream. He said that he was the first person in his family to graduate from High School and college and how his parents worked 2 and 3 jobs to save up money to make him and his sisters life better... and that was not shelfish(ref- obama sayig higher taxas is patriotic and not wanting higher taxas is shelfish) it was part of the American dream. That got me thinking about my piece of the American Dream. No I was not the first in my family to graduate from High School... nor the first to go to College(althought I haven't graduated... YET!). But I am the first in my family to own a business. I know that others have done work on the side... but none in my family have run a full fledged, paid employees business on a regular basis. That is the first for my family.
My American dream was not to be a business owner. My dream, like most others out there... was to provide the best life for my family. Where I was in my life... it was not going to happen... much less provide for a future. Buying a business was a step. A step in the Dream. I don't know where I will go from here... or how to get there... but I will move up. I will provide for my family and from my daughter! I will build a business and keep moving up.
M
A few days ago I was watching the Mike Huckabee show on Fox news. He closes his show with a little blurb summing up what the show was about and this show he was talking about the American dream. He said that he was the first person in his family to graduate from High School and college and how his parents worked 2 and 3 jobs to save up money to make him and his sisters life better... and that was not shelfish(ref- obama sayig higher taxas is patriotic and not wanting higher taxas is shelfish) it was part of the American dream. That got me thinking about my piece of the American Dream. No I was not the first in my family to graduate from High School... nor the first to go to College(althought I haven't graduated... YET!). But I am the first in my family to own a business. I know that others have done work on the side... but none in my family have run a full fledged, paid employees business on a regular basis. That is the first for my family.
My American dream was not to be a business owner. My dream, like most others out there... was to provide the best life for my family. Where I was in my life... it was not going to happen... much less provide for a future. Buying a business was a step. A step in the Dream. I don't know where I will go from here... or how to get there... but I will move up. I will provide for my family and from my daughter! I will build a business and keep moving up.
M
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