Making your dreams come true

Benjamin Franklin was chatting with friends at a Philadelphia tavern when he was accosted by a drunken man who had overheard him discussing the Declaration of Independence.

The drunk shouted at Franklin, “Aw, them words don’t mean nothin’. Where’s all the happiness the document says it guarantees?”

The quick-witted statesman replied, “My friend, the Declaration of Independence only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself!”

Therein lies the "problem", as I see it. Many in our society have lost sight of the responsibility they have to "catch" their own happiness (define it as success, if you will). Instead, these unhappy folks rely on the microwave mindset of, "I want what I want and when I want it."

Then, when they don't get what they want/expect (most of the time expecting someone else to do it for them - their spouse, parents, teacher, boss, even the government), they blame everybody else and are quick to tell others that they won't succeed either.

But on the brighter side, I do see many people sticking to their guns and pull their socks up doing something they are passionate with. They borrow the ground, fill the seeds, water the seeds and take care of them. These are the people who know what are the sacrifices required to make their dreams come true.