U.S. - I NEVER promised you a rose garden ...
Lynn Anderson's international hit "Rose Garden" started quite simply, yet, profoundly -
"I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden."
The U.S. does NOT owe or guarantee anyone anything.
The United States of America does offer ~ life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness.
There are no guarantees of free housing, health care, pay checks ... there is no written document stating the U.S. guarantees any of its citizenry those freebies. If so - EVERYONE should live free, be given free money, free housing ....
Man-up. Do your part.
No one in the U.S. is entitled or guaranteed anything other than a hope of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Stop whining and get off your duff and stop demanding handouts.
It is NOT the obligation of taxpayers to subsidize Americans.
WE ARE ALL CREATED equal.
Otherwise - why is the Government using taxpayer dollars to subsidize some but not all?
Liberals - if you want to subsidize people - do it with your own money.
Not everyone is guaranteed a pretty house with a picket fence.
Not everyone has a computer or cable TV or ipod .... not everyone can afford it.
Get over it. Save your money.
In my lifetime - my folks saved up to get the one color TV for the living room.
When I got my first apartment - it took years for me to save up for a portable color TV.
I was happy to have a 12 inch black and white. But I saved my money, I worked for that elusive - but finally attained olor TV.
There will always be someone who has more just as there will always be some who have less.
Aspire to reach for the stars - but there are no guarantees you will.
The American dream is a dream - it will NOT be a reality for everyone.
It was never intended to be a reality for everypone.
It is an aspiration that may or may not be achieved in a lifetime ...
All dreams are different. All dreams do not come true.
GET OVER IT!
No one is entitled to anything ...
other than the knowledge we all are created equal.
We all are hopeful for the dream of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
What we achieve, what we eventually possess ... is not always up to us.
It is called life at life's terms.
Some will fall in love, some will fall out of love.
Some will have a love that lasts a lifetime.
Some will never find love.
That is life at life's term.
If I respect you - in theory - you should respect me.
But there is no guarantee.
In real life you do not have to respect yourself or anyone else, for that matter.
This is life.
Get over it.
Enjoy it!
Indeed, it has been said by many -
Life is not a dress rehearsal.
Life ... live, love, life ... live!
P.S. The only certainty is you pay taxes and die!
Well, it seems over 51% of U.S. citizenry pay no taxes. I guess we who do - subsidize them.
Such is life in America.
Such is REAL life.
Life at life's terms.
"Rose Garden"
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.
When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live,
Or let go.
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
I could promise you things like big diamond rings,
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover.
So you better think it over.
Well, if sweet-talkin' you could make it come true,
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter,
But what would it matter?
So smile for a while and let's be jolly:
Love shouldn't be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.
Instrumental break.
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
I could sing you a tune or promise you the moon,
But if that's what it takes to hold you,
I'd just as soon let you go, but there's one thing I want you to know.
You better look before you leap, still waters run deep,
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out,
And you know what I'm talkin' about.
So smile for a while and let's be jolly:
Love shouldn't be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.
To fade.
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