What Would It Be Like to REALLY Live the American Dream?
The reason the preacher of Ecclesiastes lived an unfulfilled life was that he “cast his bread” in pursuit of a hollow return.
Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live with unlimited wealth, power, and sexual partners and still hold the highest reputation among your peers?
These are the four pillars of the “American Dream.” They represent the life everyone wants, but few can ever have. It’s the embodiment of James Bond meets Alice Walton meets Bradley Cooper meets Mother Teresa. For the person that holds all four of these pleasures in check, they:
- Never walk into a room as the second most powerful person
- Always command people’s attention whenever they speak
- Enjoy going to bed every night with their sexual fantasies fulfilled
- Garner the respect of even their wisest colleagues
It’s a life of total control, passion, ability, and influence. Such a life is almost unfathomable and reads like the script of a poorly developed TV show. Few live like this because, in real life, one or more of these four legs are always missing from the table.
Despite Super Bowl commercials that promise we can have it all, deep down, each of us realizes how improbable a life like this is. There are natural desires, lusts for power, and areas of passion we harbor that will forever go unrealized. It’s the separation between internal fantasy and realistic expectations.
But picture with me for one moment what your world might look like if all your lusts became reality. What if your desires for fame, fortune, and power came true? How would you live? What would you do? Where would you live? And whom would you live life with?
These are the questions one person had the chance to answer.
