What Being an Immigrant Taught Me About Happiness

Stephan Serfontein
6 min readJul 11, 2019
American Flag on Private Property — Photograph by the Author

As a legal immigrant to the United States, I have great sympathy for the people at the southern border who are desperately trying to enter the United States. Legal or not, I know exactly what is driving them. Trust me, we immigrants are all the same.

Even at its best, immigration is a process that constantly reminds you that you do not belong at the destination you chose; that…

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Stephan Serfontein

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