What are these things we were told to want, expected to pursue? What are these things we were told would make us happy? 1. Love 2. Success 3. Freedom. I might as well quote The Declaration of Independence: we expect “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” but our generation feels that love is not to be possessed, nor can it ever make our lives more real; success is undefined and relative; and freedom: we always have less than we’d like.