Today, being the 14th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, I decided I would post on my social media sites an article about why America and more specifically Americans are great. So I "googled" and found nothing but article after article stating that America was in fact, not great. When did we become..this? When did we switch from a people proud of our accomplishments and proud of each other to a group of victims all waiting to talk about how bad their group has been treated and how much better it is...in every other country in the world. My goodness, maybe Donald Trump is gaining so many followers because he promises greatness and winning. I for one am exhausted with people, American people..bashing the United States.
Allow me to remind those of you who want to disparage this great country, that all country's have a violent past. All of them, Rome was not built without a bit of blood shed. No country is without their sins. If we are so horrible, why do people still dream of coming here, even when they truly love their homeland? I found this article, after looking for quite some time written by an immigrant to this country. It is definitely worth a read, it shows you how those who come to this country view us.
http://www.phillytalkradioonline.com/comment/10-great-things.html
In it he calls America the freest most virtuous nation on earth. I am going to quote a paragraph from this gentleman's article.
"But if freedom brings out the worst in people, it also brings out the
best. The millions of Americans who live decent, praiseworthy lives
desire our highest admiration because they have opted for the good when
the good is not the only available option. Even amidst the temptations of
a rich and free society, they have remained on the straight path. Their
virtue has special luster because it is freely chosen.
By contrast, the societies that many Islamic fundamentalists seek would
eliminate the possibility of virtue. If the supply of virtue is
insufficient in a free society like America, it is almost non-existent in
an unfree society like Iran."
Our country has long been known as a nation of givers, always falling at the top of lists when it comes to the percentage of us who give to charity. The media isnt going to report on what is going right obviously..they aren't going to tell you about the thousands of volunteers, those who stand by their neighbors in times of trouble, and those who are not afraid to speak their mind when someone needs to speak up.
America, quite frankly, has forgotten how wonderful she is. We have become the high school girl who wasn't asked to prom, our ego bruised and not capable of believing in ourselves. It doesn't make us bad people to believe in ourselves or to believe we are great and that we are capable of great things. On the contrary, I believe that believing in how wonderful we are, believing in what we have accomplished and what we WILL accomplish is essential to us becoming an even greater nation.
Today Septemper 11, 2015 I hope we can remember how great we are and let the world know we are a country of people who stand united. May God bless those who died during the attacks and may he comfort those left behind.
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