The Right Path.

Life choices is such a broad category. I'm trying to find a definition I think best suits what I'm attempting to write about. I think what I'm getting at is, what exactly is the pursuit of happiness? Everyone's idea is different. What is the definition of a complete life? Getting married and having 2.5 children? Being entirely successful in a good paying career? Why are we still pressured to find 'the American Dream'? I found a blog that tried to answer the same question... http://www.whakate.com/emonitor/life-choices-and-the-definition-of-happiness. In the blog they say defining happiness is beyond hard to do considering the difference in opinion of what makes people happy. In my opinion, everyone should be entitled to pursue whatever it is that makes them happy, within reason of course. Another question I would like to find an answer to is, who decided it was their job to be the judge of what makes people happy? Although I doubt I'll find my answer, society and people are too complicated to figure out. Why do some people feel ashamed, guilty, or feel like they have failed if they don't fall into the "happy life" category? Who gets to tell someone whether or not the choices they make will turn into a happy life? Maybe that is what makes that person happy. I'm under the impression that our country stands for freedom, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's driven into our minds in high school. So when we go into life, why are some looked down on for not wanting to ever get married? Or for wanting a dog instead of a child? In my experience and that of peers of my age and grade, high school is where the choices and pressures start. The biggest choice being, what are you going to be when you grow up? Just about every teacher talks about getting into a field that will have jobs and stay important, also that pay well. While at a visit to our community college, they very much stressed going to a field that makes you happy, not for the money. So what, as students and graduating seniors, do we do? What happens and how are those judged who don't make the "right choice"?