Comments on: The American Dream http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:05:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: randomguru http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15600 randomguru Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:18:35 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15600 that's a nice poem/quote by Langston Hughes. i remember reading a book of his poetry when i was young and spent my saturdays at the library. thanks, you've somehow rekindled in my a spark to get back into reading his poetry. anyway, i think many who commented already have touched well on the concept of the american dream and also living a frugal life and not be pushed into the whole consumerism thing. too many people work too hard trying to achieve the american dream when it just might be that they already have it. that’s a nice poem/quote by Langston Hughes. i remember reading a book of his poetry when i was young and spent my saturdays at the library. thanks, you’ve somehow rekindled in my a spark to get back into reading his poetry.

anyway, i think many who commented already have touched well on the concept of the american dream and also living a frugal life and not be pushed into the whole consumerism thing.

too many people work too hard trying to achieve the american dream when it just might be that they already have it.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15523 Lisa Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:49:23 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15523 I truly believe if you have your children's love and your health, you're blessed. I truly believe if you have your children’s love and your health, you’re blessed.

]]> By: Arnie McKinnis http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15506 Arnie McKinnis Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:32:38 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15506 Parents & Children - truly a complicated relationship!! My Mom and I chatted the other day about success - and I said I didn't feel successful - it's a tough question that requires some serious introspection. Oh well, maybe I'll think about it later ;-) Great blog - enjoying it. Parents & Children - truly a complicated relationship!! My Mom and I chatted the other day about success - and I said I didn’t feel successful - it’s a tough question that requires some serious introspection. Oh well, maybe I’ll think about it later ;-)

Great blog - enjoying it.

]]> By: emily_hope http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15505 emily_hope Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:58:37 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15505 Today it would seem that the American Dream is material success. It seems that people work, work, work so that they can own a fancy car, a big house, and lots of other material possessions only to find that they work so much they don't have the time to really enjoy any of it. My American Dream is to own a home and have no debt. Today it would seem that the American Dream is material success. It seems that people work, work, work so that they can own a fancy car, a big house, and lots of other material possessions only to find that they work so much they don’t have the time to really enjoy any of it.

My American Dream is to own a home and have no debt.

]]> By: Mel Rimmer http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15502 Mel Rimmer Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:07:35 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15502 I'm not an American but I always understood the American Dream to mean that consistent hard work and independence will pay off. A person who builds their own house, digs their own yard, grows their own food and manages to feed their family with no outside assistance is living the American Dream. Or a person who starts their own business and builds it up from nothing until it is floated on the stock exchange is another example. It is the idea that an immigrant or a person from a poor background can succeed just as much as a privileged person as long as they work hard and don't rely on anyone else to help them up. I’m not an American but I always understood the American Dream to mean that consistent hard work and independence will pay off. A person who builds their own house, digs their own yard, grows their own food and manages to feed their family with no outside assistance is living the American Dream. Or a person who starts their own business and builds it up from nothing until it is floated on the stock exchange is another example. It is the idea that an immigrant or a person from a poor background can succeed just as much as a privileged person as long as they work hard and don’t rely on anyone else to help them up.

]]> By: Amy http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15498 Amy Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:01:01 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15498 Hi Sara! I'm tagging you with a Thinking Blogger Award! Check out today's post on my blog for more details and to see my list. :) AWARD DETAILS: Congratulations, you won a Thinking Blogger award! Should you choose to participate, please make sure you pass this list of rules to the blogs you are tagging. The participation rules are simple: 1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think, 2. Link to this post (http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/02/thinking-blogger-awards_11.html) so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme, 3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote. That was that! Please, remember to tag blogs with real merits, i.e. relative content, and above all - blogs that really get you thinking! Amy, aka: AmyMCGS :) Tiny Blessings http://amy-tinyblessings.blogspot.com Hi Sara!
I’m tagging you with a Thinking Blogger Award!
Check out today’s post on my blog for more details and to see my list. :)

AWARD DETAILS: Congratulations, you won a Thinking Blogger award!
Should you choose to participate, please make sure you pass this list of rules to the blogs you are tagging.
The participation rules are simple:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post (http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/02/thinking-blogger-awards_11.html) so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote. That was that! Please, remember to tag blogs with real merits, i.e. relative content, and above all - blogs that really get you thinking!

Amy, aka: AmyMCGS :)
Tiny Blessings
http://amy-tinyblessings.blogspot.com

]]> By: Gail http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15497 Gail Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:40:01 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15497 As a Brit, I tend to think of the American Dream as meaning yes, white picket fences, apple pie, Martha Stewart and home-made quilts: creating comfortable homes and having immacuately dressed children. As a Brit, I tend to think of the American Dream as meaning yes, white picket fences, apple pie, Martha Stewart and home-made quilts: creating comfortable homes and having immacuately dressed children.

]]> By: Tracey http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15496 Tracey Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:26:12 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15496 Often we just need an external point of view to make us realise how lucky we are and how much we really have. Often we just need an external point of view to make us realise how lucky we are and how much we really have.

]]> By: AheeK http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15494 AheeK Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:31:02 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15494 Well, since I'm from Canada, I'll expand this idea to become the "North American Dream." To me, it's having the knowledge to live simply and well, instead of having this terrible need to acquire as much as possible as soon as possible. I think the 'gimme, gimme' culture we live in is very dangerous for the coming generations, who are being taught that possessions equal happiness and that your parents only love you if they buy you whatever you want whenever you want it. Think about what you would call a "perfect day." Does it involve a trip to Wal-Mart to buy loads of stuff that you don't really need? More likely, it consists of time spent with the people you love...no money required. That's the dream. Well, since I’m from Canada, I’ll expand this idea to become the “North American Dream.” To me, it’s having the knowledge to live simply and well, instead of having this terrible need to acquire as much as possible as soon as possible. I think the ‘gimme, gimme’ culture we live in is very dangerous for the coming generations, who are being taught that possessions equal happiness and that your parents only love you if they buy you whatever you want whenever you want it. Think about what you would call a “perfect day.” Does it involve a trip to Wal-Mart to buy loads of stuff that you don’t really need? More likely, it consists of time spent with the people you love…no money required. That’s the dream.

]]> By: Bullethead http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15493 Bullethead Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:01:24 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.net/2007/04/23/the-american-dream/#comment-15493 Great entry! Yes in fact most people are blessed and doing well. The amount of marketing we bombarded with everyday on TV, radio, magazines, leads us to believe otherwise. The marketing people want us to buy MORE, i.e SUVs, bigger houses, IPODS, granite coutertops etc. Those things are nice but they are wants, not needs. The marketing machine wants us to think buying all this stuff is normal..it is not. To me the American Dream is having people to love, a place to live and food on the table. The Freedom to think and do what we feel is the best for us, our friends and our families. Great entry!

Yes in fact most people are blessed and doing well. The amount of marketing we bombarded with everyday on TV, radio, magazines, leads us to believe otherwise. The marketing people want us to buy MORE, i.e SUVs, bigger houses, IPODS, granite coutertops etc.

Those things are nice but they are wants, not needs.

The marketing machine wants us to think buying all this stuff is normal..it is not.

To me the American Dream is having people to love, a place to live and food on the table. The Freedom to think and do what we feel is the best for us, our friends and our families.

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