Electricity is rationed and water is sometimes also unavailable. Medical attention is not always available and sometimes you cannot get to it by car if for example they are bombing.
Living in America is very different. Bad news is reported on the TV, it is not something that we experience personally ourselves. Things seem to be more surreal from this point of view and life is less stressful. My children go to school comfortably and we do not worry about bombs and air attacks. I rarely worry if I will see them for the last time when they go out the door. In Lebanon we do think of this every day. Money for the most part is available here all the time as the economy is more stable, and if you keep to yourself and watch where you go it is relatively safe to go anywhere in America. In Lebanon street violence is a direct cause of war due to the people’s oppression, in America violence seems to be a choice. This constant stability creates the perfect environment for people to achieve their goals and for that reason American’s and those who come to live in America face less challenges trying to achieve their goals. The government is always stable and documents are easier to obtain here than they are in Lebanon . In fact everything seems easier here except for personal relations. American society being as efficient as it is discourages human interaction. When one is self sufficient he is not in as much need of others and relationships are more difficult to establish. This is the biggest downfall I see in American society. It would be perfect if we could apply a little of both worlds here.
Happiness is subjective and often times influenced in accordance with a particular bias. In the case of someone with many memories of a particular place, it is also impossible to validate any of their writings as fact. For this reason I can only apply passing observations to my paper and not solid conclusions. In summary it is unfair to think you can judge between these two societies and do one or the other justice as they are two different worlds.
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