It can be very stressful right now for Americans to turn on their TV sets and see an ongoing--and what seems like never-ending--soap opera of daily drama, playing out on the stage of our political arena, and spilling out into the streets of our great nation.
Never-the-less, it's important to keep your senses about you and "Remember who You are". You... are an American citizen!
What does this mean? It means, that each and every one of us must dig deep into our very being and ask ourselves what we are willing to stand up for in this short and limited lifetime. But more importantly, HOW we stand up, and with what morals and ethics will we do so as American citizens... is the more pressing question.
Perhaps you believe in white supremacy, or maybe you are leaning toward socialism these days. We all have our various beliefs in this great country that has fought long and hard to afford us all the right to have the views we so choose. Maybe you are Christian, or maybe you are Atheist, but who you are at the core of your being, will determine whether or not you head into the great streets of this country ready to kill your fellow citizen with guns, or beat your fellow citizen with poles, and bats and pipes, or... if you are the kind of American that has the tolerance to allow others to have their own views as well, in order that yours might also be preserved.
Be proud of your country, but don't forget its foundations. It was built by all of us--free and slave. It has a proud and shameful history, a peaceful and violent history, and a polarized history that has lasted to this very day. And in order to find peace, we must as a nation begin to sort out how to live with these polarizations and the differences that seems to perhaps be a part of nature itself, and therefore will never NOT be a part of us.
Go into the streets as a free American citizen if you feel so compelled--it is your right. In some cases, I even hope you do. But "Remember who You are!" You are an American citizen! Don't go armed into the streets to harm your fellow citizens. Have your voice, and hear the voices of others. But don't insist with the price of death, that you're citizenship, and your voice, be of more importance than the voice and citizenship of your fellow American.
Remember Who You Are!
Thanks to Brett Jordan for the great photo - Lion
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