PARADISE! Where the hell do you find it?

 With the current state of the economic atmosphere, it seems almost every single person is trying to find something substantial that doesn't drive them to suicide, while also attempting to survive the world with every punch that is thrown. In an awful concoction of past views on the "American dream" and current expectations of what it means to "truly live", people tend to find themselves lathing onto a middle ground that seemingly does not exist yet.

For me, that mythical middle ground can be viewed as a paradise. 

However, one must consider the purpose of a paradise, in it's definition: 

par-a-dise - an ideal or idyllic place or state. 

As people continue to work towards goals, some obtainable and some out of arm's reach, the mind creates this idea of what it thinks it wants. When obtained or gained, we find ourselves underwhelmed, or almost disappointed by the outcome. Slowly but surely, that nostalgic feeling of home and familiarity rushes to the forefront and the reasoning of why we did something or why we went somewhere almost vanishes completely. 

While paradise is meant to be blissful and joyous, it's not something that is meant to last forever, or even appear into existence until the end of the line.