An American is anyone who loves life enough to want the best that it has to offer.Americans are not always satisfied with their current situation. Americans look to more than the next meal,they look to the future, the long term, a better tomorrow.An American is anyone who understands that to achieve the best in life and strives for more. Americans aren't daydreamers.An American is anyone who understands the need to use one's mind and wits to meet life's challenges.An American is anyone who understands that achieving the best in life requires risks. An American does not have one particular skin color, but their skin color may be one of many found in America. They come in varies sizes and shapes.Regardless of their appearance, fortune, or culture, they are still considered as an American. An American is one whose able to exercise his freedom of speech.An American is generousAmericans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need. An American is free to criticize his government's officials when they are wrong, in his or her own opinion. Americans welcome all, they enjoy the best that everyone has to bring, from all over the world. To be an American to me means that I am free.