My Name is America
My Name is America
Today was beautiful!
This senior felt happy and thankful for living so many years on this earth and more; America.
The azure blue sky above me, a gentle breeze planting kisses on my face, and the rustic Autumn landscape were just a few of the things to feel and observe and admire.
It was a time to take a trip down memory lane and reflect back to where I have been and thankful for God’s gifts - the many simple pleasures of a life I have enjoyed so much.
Yes, I could not help myself from thinking about your family and mine of the perils we face as we go forward in these troubled times of sickness, deaths in numbers, and unrest of the people.
I know there will be more sunny days in our future. This is America.
William Arthur Ward best expressed similar feelings in the lines of his poem about our country:
My Name is America
I am country...
but am more than country. I am over two thousand years old, but my mountains, forests and rivers are ageless. Before I was a dream in the minds of mortal men, the land was a beautiful reality in the hands of the benefactor, Creator.
I am a nation...
I am a nation. I am a republic of fifty states, each a vital part of one indivisible whole - the United States of America
I am a government...
but I am more than a government. I am a symbol of plenty, a model of representative government,
hallmark of freedom, justice, independence to hundreds of millions throughout the world.
I am a melting pot...
but I am not a melting pot. I am a haven of the oppressed, a living adventure in brotherhood a community of compassion, and a dynamic in example of liberty under law, opportunity with responsibility and democracy through equality.
My name is America!
We can put on a happy face. There will be more sunny days ahead. Just what the doctor ordered!
Reach me by phone at 317-286-7352 or drop me a line to 649 South Grant St., Brownsburg, IN 46112.
- -- Posted by starlasmay on Sat, Oct 10, 2020, at 3:24 PM
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