America the beautiful; I didn't always know this but the day it came to me changed my life for the good. How? I joined the bigger picture and became involved in something so grand and cherished that I counted it my good fortune from that day on. How and why we come to this reality is different for all of us but based on results...we all come to it
LIBERTY
It is hard to argue liberty. We tend to take it for granted but take it away from someone and they will raise the roof for themselves or others. How can one have life but no liberty? Pause and let that go to work on you. In the priority of life where man has control, liberty is mandatory or as one guy said:
GIVE ME LIBERTY or GIVE ME DEATH
Thank Nathan Hale for this testimony before he was hanged. He thought it worthy to spend his last few breaths on the subject matter. Men since the beginning of time will fight to the death to have this & fight again to maintain it too. It is too precious to be treated any other way. Liberty demands this!
ONCE A WEEK
When I was growing up and attending Public school in New York during the fifties, they had weekly auditorium where the whole school marches class by class to the gathering room. We took the the pledge of allegiance and then the principal would lead us in several Patriotic songs one after another
ONE VOICE
I liked this. The kids to my right & left front & rear liked it too. How do I know? They were singing as loud as I was enjoying what we quite didn't understand. We sang all the well known branches of the military songs. I know all the words (mostly) to this day. One song after another non-stop..
MORE PATRIOTIC SONGS
If the principal wanted to catch the moment and milk it for all it was worth, he would repeat a song he sensed we all liked sort of like an encore. Everyone chimed in once again. Then, the other well know songs like "Its a grand ole flag" and "America the Beautiful with amber waves of grain" kicked in next
GOT ALL CHOKED UP
Later on when I grew up and someone took me to my first public sports event we were asked to stand while someone belted out "Oh say can you see" and I got choked up trying my best to stay calm, holding back tears from the mere beauty of being among tens of thousands all standing for this song, hand on heart & following every word some even mouthing or singing them too. What a moment to be in!
LAND OF THE FREE...HOME OF THE BRAVE
When the chosen (its a honor) singer got to the last stanza you know the one "for the land of the freeeeeee (hold) and then the slow, respectful much wanted closure of "and the home of the... BRAVVVVVVVVE. Cheering, yelling, whistling & one voice went up without prodding. Now the game!
THE FLAG SPEAKS
When I see our flag blowing in the wind, sometimes I see it as a battle flag one that people looked up to and put hope in that all would go well for those under that flag. Sometimes you see a victory flag which represents that all did go well. Then there is the flag that says things will always be well in America
AMERICA THE PERFECT? hardly
Not perfect, not or always just but liberty to pursue these things will be allowed until they are more in place. Sometimes I ask myself "what can I do to leave the world a better place as my way of saying thank you. The answer is not complex. As I was taught these principals so others must be taught by example
AMERICA GOES ON
We die but America lives on for the next & the next & the many have died before their time to make sure of this & still do. Some don't pay the ultimate price but lose a hand, an arm or a leg for the American way. Who volunteers to surrender life or limb? Americans do that's who! We found something worth it should the call go out....
AMERICA IS A HEART DRIVEN DYNAMIC
That's why there is a line to get into America. Today, it could take years to become a citizen but people are prepared to pay that price if only they can end up with the end prize i.e. to become an American citizen. This dynamic is mostly wordless because it is propelled more by the heart and its desires.
GO/DO WHERE/WHAT YOU LIKE
I will go out tomorrow and eat something of my liking. I may go to the movies or take a bike or hike and take my time while doing it. Others may travel where they are led even into other states without any fuss or requirements. Our freedoms extend across the nation for the most part. Liberty & freedom
MUCH I DONT LIKE
I have criticisms about our systems, rules, laws and all the rest but at no time do I forfeit the American way in the pursuit of my opinion. That's is not an option. It is asking too much to even consider it. The rewarding & sometimes humorous part of all this? We all feel the same way deep down beyond issues
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Stand beside her and guide her through the night from the light up above....holds
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