The American Journey

Growing up in America has its ups and down depending on your household, also depending on the direction your soul wants to head to. Now it is important to be aware of the two directions that are established within this country which we will get into further details later on. When people outside our country think of America, they automatically believe “well it cant be that bad. They are living their lives and pretty much creating culture.” Aside from the devastating and tragic events we also face due to capitalism and supremacy still after centuries, which is not surprising, but more disappointing. many countries acknowledge our “authentically ways of being” that comes from the freedom of not following anyones rules or living by someone else’s systematic background, that has many old-fashioned Americans PISSED.

America from my experience has a beautiful modern diverse culture from all over the world that thrives to persevere due to supremacist, and old fashioned Americans who over look upon the next generation. Opportunities stand in front of your eyes, and thats one of the biggest perks of living in the Simple Minded direction in America. If you decided to drop all of your old habits and create a new avatar for yourself? You can flip the switch in one second and in one week have a developed business plan for whatever career you get to pursue. It’s a matter of focus, ambition, dedication, and motivation. Taking a new path will guide you to learn new things that will push you to become an entrepreneur in the near future, or whatever career path you choose to go towards. But that all the depends in the comfort of the direction you lean towards out of the two that I mentioned.

‘The Simple Life’ which is what many Americans under the middle-class line are adjusted to or trying to grow out of. The Simple Life has its beauties and perks, you are forever more grateful and understanding of each others values, struggles, and differences. People have each other’s backs when things come for worst, although there are not many to trust, it is destined to find a second family that you can forever hold trust, no doubt in sight; Simple Minded Americans all appreciate the times that stick through when they go through them at their hardest, at times when their not even ready or prepared to face those challenges

When our neighbors go low with no sense of recovery, everyone respects you and understand the severity of it. No one turns a blind eye, in fact they care like they are a member of their families. Unless you are the one percent that thinks they are living the wealthy life, while still in debt, then you have a high chance of showing symptoms such as; unnecessary shit talking, and lack of remorse. Other than that it is that huge emotional fraction that bring us together. The struggle and common experiences that we all face are traumatizing in the sense of being scared of never seeing growth. That’s traumatizing, depressing, and increases anxiety. The media makes it seem that drug addicts are lowlives from the streets and treat (the correct term) ‘traumatized people in pain' like complete SHIT, to make them feel even worst and then expect a forcible change. I see it all the time when it comes to in-denial civilians, most importantly corporate jobs and small business (most importantly) restaurants at their peak.

The second direction is what ‘the simple life’ minded people are trying to grow to which people used to call ‘The American Dream’ but now called ‘Living like the Kardashians’. We all want a closet full of shoes and branded clothe (which in reality it is a piece of fabric with a label on it), or four fridges inside our mall’s kitchen, I mean house. It has its beauty as well as its perks, such as never starving, never facing eviction, debt, or unnecessary consequence/situations, oh and traveling.

I don’t know sounds more like privilege to me, but that’s because I am not on their “level”, also raised in Simple Minded house hold, expected to make a future out of myself, with two options 1. Going thousands of dollars in debt by going to college, or 2. Living check by check and become the next sensation. Although I am not “Living Like The Kardashians”, I cannot tell you guys what it feels like in that side of the world, but I can tell you what privileged people have in store, they can travel when they want, they can eat when they want whatever they want, they never see the word ‘Insufficient Fund’ unless their significant other empties their bank accounts out of spite. You can dress up for any season, buy islands, stay modernly updated; on the less materialist side, help others in need, donate for charity or drastic events in and outside of our country. Artist go as far as starting their own city, *cough* Akon *cough* or if you’re a Simple Minded American living in The Kardashian life, you can take all your experiences and traumas, cherish them, grow from them, and live protected, at peace, healthy, drama free, in your own zone, build your own life and start all over again, enjoy the planet and the people around you by taking care of it all.

It is a list of many accomplishments I am dire to manifest when I finish this race, and win the golden ticket. Donation for those in need, donate for culture, hunger, and housing at every country I visit, has been on my mind since sitting down and analyzing ‘what would I do when I reach the peak of my success?’ Taking care of my family is a top priority, to make sure they forever stay protected and have a promising generational growth.

Words cannot express the emotions, struggles and challenges that tear families apart, and no one will ever understand how someone will react to a certain situation. At times I wonder how I look to other people, when becoming distant and disappearing-repapering like Cosmo and Wanda from ‘The Fairly Odd Parents’, but it’s all for my soul’s purpose, for my mental health, and for my personal growth. It is ridiculous the life experiences you go through when living in this planet when at the end of the day nothing will ever matter when our spirits are not here. So regardless of whatever direction you come from, always stay true to yourself, be humble to one another and do not ever forget, that we all live in this planet once. Make it worth it, and let everyone else enjoy it at their pace, peace and comfort.