My Responsibility To America Research Paper
My Responsibility to America
“Don’t let your fear of the past affect the presence of your future.
Live for what tomorrow has to bring, not what yesterday has taken away.”
These wise words, penned by an unknown author, have a direct effect on my responsibilities to America. I know that as I mature, my responsibilities will increase as my vision for America grows. However, I believe that these core responsibilities will remain and that they will enable me to be a responsible contributor to all that America can and will be.
First of all, it is my responsibility to hope for a better tomorrow. Approximately 395 years ago, the Pilgrims landed on a strange land that we call America. They came, believing in and hoping for the life that they dreamed of. Ever since then, people have come with that shared hope – a hope “for what tomorrow will bring, not for what yesterday has taken away.” I am certain that the Pilgrims and immigrants who came to America held tightly to this vision. They were filled with the hope that this “New World” would offer them a better way of life. Here, they hoped for a chance to dream and for a chance to believe in their future. America must have seemed like a Promise Land to the weary travelers. They hoped for economic opportunity, freedom from persecution, …show more content…
When I think about all of those who have gone before me, all who have sacrificed and fought and persevered and yet have continued to hope and dream in a better America, I realize that they did not let the fear of their past affect the promise of their future. They did not give up living for the promise of the future. I realize that if I am going to be a part of this country, then I had better do the same. So many brave people have sacrificed to make America what it is today. They began with, and held tightly to, a hope in all that we could be. They sought and fought for freedom, safety, equality, liberty, and justice for all. And, they did not
“Don’t let your fear of the past affect the presence of your future.
Live for what tomorrow has to bring, not what yesterday has taken away.”
These wise words, penned by an unknown author, have a direct effect on my responsibilities to America. I know that as I mature, my responsibilities will increase as my vision for America grows. However, I believe that these core responsibilities will remain and that they will enable me to be a responsible contributor to all that America can and will be.
First of all, it is my responsibility to hope for a better tomorrow. Approximately 395 years ago, the Pilgrims landed on a strange land that we call America. They came, believing in and hoping for the life that they dreamed of. Ever since then, people have come with that shared hope – a hope “for what tomorrow will bring, not for what yesterday has taken away.” I am certain that the Pilgrims and immigrants who came to America held tightly to this vision. They were filled with the hope that this “New World” would offer them a better way of life. Here, they hoped for a chance to dream and for a chance to believe in their future. America must have seemed like a Promise Land to the weary travelers. They hoped for economic opportunity, freedom from persecution, …show more content…
When I think about all of those who have gone before me, all who have sacrificed and fought and persevered and yet have continued to hope and dream in a better America, I realize that they did not let the fear of their past affect the promise of their future. They did not give up living for the promise of the future. I realize that if I am going to be a part of this country, then I had better do the same. So many brave people have sacrificed to make America what it is today. They began with, and held tightly to, a hope in all that we could be. They sought and fought for freedom, safety, equality, liberty, and justice for all. And, they did not