Living in the world we do today, we aren't a trusting nation, we aren't trusting of ourselves or even each other. How did we get to this place?
All I know is that this is NOT a world that I am enjoying being a part of. This is a world where we can't seem to trust/believe/love/one another without questioning their truthfulness, the legitimacy of what is being said. However, we are soo quick to make a judgment/decision not based on what we think or feel, but what we see and hear.
We are a country where most of us believe as I stated above that we are more trusting of what we hear or read on social media or from other online sources, rather than actually take the time to research as well as to question what it is what we are trying to figure out, prior to making a decision based on NO evidence.
I am truly afraid of the where this country is headed, and this isn't about politics or about whose side someone is on or what they believe. Yet, it goes to how we were as little kids, we looked at the country around us with big open eyes and hearts, and we looked for the good in someone rather than question their hidden agendas.
We were taught at a very early age that in our Judicial system that someone is guilty until proven innocent.
We were taught that the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence, which were both created to give each and every American born in the USA, the rights given unto them by the Declaration of Independence that, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men* are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
*I am adding to this statement that of Women*
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
The fact that we as Americans don't truly understand what these rights are and how millions and millions of people died and continue to die to protect our rights is disturbing and sad.
Thousands and Thousands of people immigrated to the United States, hoping for a chance at a better life. Most came from far away and one of the first things they saw was the Statue of Liberty, which on it states: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/the-story-behind-the-poem-on-the-statue-of-liberty/550553/
Sadly, I believe that we have forgotten what it is that makes us a great country. I can only hope that there are brighter days ahead for not only our great country for which I live in but for our future as well.
All I know is that this is NOT a world that I am enjoying being a part of. This is a world where we can't seem to trust/believe/love/one another without questioning their truthfulness, the legitimacy of what is being said. However, we are soo quick to make a judgment/decision not based on what we think or feel, but what we see and hear.
We are a country where most of us believe as I stated above that we are more trusting of what we hear or read on social media or from other online sources, rather than actually take the time to research as well as to question what it is what we are trying to figure out, prior to making a decision based on NO evidence.
I am truly afraid of the where this country is headed, and this isn't about politics or about whose side someone is on or what they believe. Yet, it goes to how we were as little kids, we looked at the country around us with big open eyes and hearts, and we looked for the good in someone rather than question their hidden agendas.
We were taught at a very early age that in our Judicial system that someone is guilty until proven innocent.
We were taught that the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence, which were both created to give each and every American born in the USA, the rights given unto them by the Declaration of Independence that, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men* are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
*I am adding to this statement that of Women*
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
The fact that we as Americans don't truly understand what these rights are and how millions and millions of people died and continue to die to protect our rights is disturbing and sad.
Thousands and Thousands of people immigrated to the United States, hoping for a chance at a better life. Most came from far away and one of the first things they saw was the Statue of Liberty, which on it states: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/the-story-behind-the-poem-on-the-statue-of-liberty/550553/
Sadly, I believe that we have forgotten what it is that makes us a great country. I can only hope that there are brighter days ahead for not only our great country for which I live in but for our future as well.
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