Happiness and success is all individualized. Do not compare yourself to others because that will only be your downfall. The American dream is seen to many as linear. Finish high school, go to college, and get a good job. Not every one gets to live this make-shift "American Dream". There will always be other ways to achieve your dreams and that dream may change from time to time. Living a life full of happiness is what people should achieve, not to attempt to achieve the "American Dream" and live a terrible feeling life. Do not live the dream if it only makes you feel terrible. Most find the dream as what most others seek. However the real dream is what you truly seek outside of others views. In this modern American society, it's hard to see outside the "American Dream", because that is how most are raised realizing without a exit strategy or a alternative strategy. Don't follow it if your life is not set in one direction. If one thing doesn't work out, change directions. Don't see one road, visualize and branch out. Success to one should not be seen as success to another. Success is what you make out of it. As one of my favorite artist, Bon Jovi sang; "It's my life, it's now or never. I ain't gonna live forever."
