Follow your dreams. Chase after them. Make them happen. The world is your oyster. You can have it. Especially if you’re American. The very title of THE dream marketed says it is so for Americans. What happens though when your dream of what is the dream and someone else’s dream of what is the dream … Continue reading
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Fade to New Economy
Scanning the wires and came across a poster announcing among other things that the American dream has faded and capitalism may not survive? But, what if the American dream was never a dream meant to be founded on capitalism? What if the American dream was hijacked by capitalism? What if what so many Americans dreamed … Continue reading
The Parable of The Costa Rican Fisherman And The Banker
I read the parable below and it got me to thinking, maybe, we’ve missed the boat? An American investment banker was taking a much-needed vacation in a small coastal Costa Rican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. The boat had several large, fresh fish in it. The investment banker was impressed … Continue reading
The TREE Exchange
Are you still tracking along with us on this trail? Have you recognized yourself in some of our characters that we’ve revealed to you? Have you made it across the first desert aptly named The American Dreamed? Are you recognizing the crossroads that we’ve been found? In our RE-mission, we’ve found ourselves at the edge … Continue reading
Thanksgiving for Desert
O’ pilgrims pride mirror O’ puritan fear monger O’ paper traders feast No more on our starving nation Gratitude abounds Freed captives Find the way to the Kings table Go now surrendering delusion Stone trail of hot coals Scorching the mirage of entitlement Presented hungry to meat Slow roasting scorpion Forsake the invitation to Roll … Continue reading
Craftsmen
Craftsmen of the American Dream are hell-bent set on building their own luxurious kingdom uplifted by the work and activities of others while quietly depositing legal profits into their pockets with very little if any lifting of their own fingers. With a warm smile and a handshake, the invitation to join the working army is … Continue reading