Someone in the USA often says things like: "You create your own reality." or "You have the power to create and get anything you want" or "failure is not an options, only quitters fail".

Someone in the USA often says things like: "You create your own reality." or "You have the power to create and get anything you want" or "failure is not an options, only quitters fail

Eh, what's the point...*shrugs*

@Kidd

the thing that sucks in America is that someone can go broke from medical bills. And some people get sick and can't afford to pay medical bills not because they are lazy, you know?

If I grew up in poverty in America and I'm working my ass off but can't pay for expensive medical insurance and then one day i get sick or need an operation- is it 'my fault' that I could not afford the medical insurance?

Okay, time to defend my country I suppose.

For every story of failure, there are just as many, if not more, stories of people who were born into poverty and pulled themselves up by their bootstraps to become very wealthy...for every war or conflict we engage in, we are also the first in line to offer aid to other countries in need.

My story possibly came of to negative as far as USA goes.
First I like the mentality of the USA, about people needing to take matter into their own hands. Placing it outside yopurself, is most defenately not a good place to place the things happening to/with you.

But as far as I'm concerned. It appears that (in general) they place (in comparisson fromwhere I life) to much importance and value on achievements. Especially, since it seems that seem to exspect thatachieving something should bring happiness.
While in my experience, achieveing something "only" or at best brings joy and contentment (temprorarely often). Which is nice, makes life good and "I like". But ime happiness (which in my book equals peacefullness); Only comes from within, and has no root in outside achievements or circumstances.

To me it appears people in USA often seem to place happiness and peacefullness in their (future) achievements or things they want to obtain/get/have. While it can't be found in those things, in my experience. Thus making it themselfes difficult/impossible to just be happy/peacefull.

That said. I myself like to work hard and try achieve things. But I make no illusion for myself it will do anything/much for me happiness/peacefullness wise.
But I have gotten some good joy out of it. And that I this year managed to grow my business (I started recently and was very unsure about how it would go) so much, beyond my planning. That since this year I can life from it, and it's still growing and has possiblility of growwing in a good profitable business even more. Made me recently feel very proud and also content towards myself, defenately a good ego boost for me. But i haven't gotten more happy/peacefull because of it, I must admit to myself.

I guess. I was just trying to put, achieving things into perspective. Since I often get the sense, people play to much importance on them as to what is should bring they (happiness/peace).

I think Alchemist had a quote once that said something like, "Accomplishment isn't the feeling you get when you're finished...it's the feeling you have enroute."...that was the gist of it...and it resonates very deeply with me.