I love America because we have the freedom and
right to choose what we want to do, what we want to be and what
we can do to help make this world a better place to live in.
I know there are many people who keep telling us what is wrong
with America and how bad things are. But, you know what, I
wonder sometimes if they are living in the same country I am.
I get up in the morning and I see a bright new day, one filled
with hope and a chance to have a new beginning and to do the
things I want to do and to enjoy life. I see some beautiful
birds in the fantastic trees in the yard; I see a glorious sun
coming over the horizon to greet the new day, and I hear the
sounds of life everywhere.
I sometimes wonder where the news reporters are living in order
to bring us the kinds of news we see that seems to reach out and
touch the dark side of everything they report. You read about an
accident where two or three people died and the gory details of
how it happened, etc. But what about the guy who stopped and
risk his life to save the other person who did not die? Oh, yes,
it was mentioned there . . . in the last paragraph or two of the
story. The news reporters need to start thanking God for what
they have and to start shifting their priorities so they can not
only find and see the good in this nation, but learn how to
experience it so they can write about it.
I cannot imagine what it would be like to have to get up each
and every day and start looking for the bad, the ugly, and the
tragic things in this society so I could be the first one to
report something that sells. I wonder how many reporters take
the time to really take a look at how their reporting and news
writing is affecting their own children? Do they care? Do they
know where they are leading their children by their example?
But, that is another story.
I love America because there is beauty everywhere. We see it in
the smiling faces of some children who are having fun on the new
playground of a school that has struggled to make ends meet, but
found a way to build the new playground for their children.
I love America because of a beautiful sunset, and the beauty
created by God. We all do not know how long we have on this
earth, and today may be our last day, so enjoy what you have,
while you have it. And take time to thank God for what you have.
Do you realize what it is REALLY like to SEE the birds, the
trees, the beautiful sunset, the rising of the sun, and the
other things we all take for granted many times? The blind
person has to learn to feel and know what that is like because
THEY CANNOT SEE it! Thank God for what YOU have!
Do you realize what it is REALLY like to HEAR the birds, the
movement of limbs in the trees, and the sounds around you that
you HEAR each and every day? The deaf person has to learn to
feel and know what that is like because THEY CANNOT HEAR like we
do. Thank God for what YOU have!
Do you realize what it is REALLY like to have your parents and
those you love around you each and every day? Many of us who
have lost one or both of our parents would give a lot to have
what many of you have. But life moves on and we have to learn to
accept what must be and what will be. But take the time to thank
God for what you have!
Why do I love America? I love it because I have been given the
opportunity to step out each day and see how I can help others
and to help make this a better world to live in. If you really
want to live a more joyous life and to experience the REAL JOY
OF LIVING, start looking for those in this world who need help.
They may have one day been where you are at and things happened
which turned their world upside down and they are just trying to
survive.
God put us all on the face of this world for a purpose and we
must ask ourselves what that purpose is. We may not always be
able to come up with the answers as to what that purpose is . .
. but MAYBE, just MAYBE, trying to find others to help and then
seeing what we CAN DO to help may be one purpose for our lives.
We need to take the time to pause, to thank God for what we
have, and to ask God to help US to learn how to find and help
other people in this world, so that all of us may live a better
life with more fullness.
I love America because God has granted me yet another day to
LEARN HOW TO LIVE and how to live more fully . . . and at the
same time, learn how to help others to do the same thing. It is
not easy but thank God, we live in a country where, if we
believe, all things are possible.
The next time you hear or see someone telling everyone around
them how bad we have it and how much is wrong with America, take
the time to remember:
- You have a bed to sleep in
- You get up and you have a beautiful
day ahead of you
- You have food on your table
- You have eyes to see
- You have ears to hear
- You have family members and other you
love nearby
- And you have the opportunity to step
out and help others to have the same opportunity you have.
Think of the homeless person, the blind
person, the deaf person, a person with Cerebral Palsy, someone
with some other disease, and so on . . . and then ask yourself
one big question:
Why do YOU not love your own life and America? |
