Intro: The Reward
"The journey is the reward." --Steve Jobs
To introduce this leg of the thematic journey, this is the truth of the American Experience: the rewards it can give are all in the journey taken through it, not in the amount of success the journeyer finds in achieving their dream. The journey is where all of the relevant pieces are found and the important lessons are learned. The journey is the American Experience, as simply as that. This quote basically exemplifies this, as the reward from the American Experience does come from the journey. That is what it is important to remember: no matter what successes or failures occur over the course of chasing an ideal, the true value of the American Experience always comes from the journey, and never the end result. That is how the American Experience is meant to be experienced, if one is to truly hope to succeed at it.