Importance Of Being An American
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Being an American is being free and open for change. Change is almost like an occurring thing. Sometimes I wish that maybe instead of making change, we could understand what we have first, almost take recognition. Then suddenly, we muster up something in a moment and then we feel it's not good enough so we build onto something new. Why can’t we understand what we have, rather than trying to make something new?
We have people fighting for us yet we can not fight for ourselves. They can stand their ground, but can we stand ours? It’s almost as if the ground is flooding away, getting ripped from underneath of us.
Being an american is supposed to mean something to us. We have made our country. We have built our ground. American is a treasure, it is not a name it is a privilege. Our forefathers built for us and we should be proud of it. Are you... …show more content…
We have tragedies, but doesn't everyone? It's become an everyday thing now. Building and breaking, its what we do and that is what we are made of.
Being an American means having potential, it means breaking but always remembering you can fix this, you can make it better. It means believing in yourself, and others around you. Even if they rip the ground out from below, you still have to believe. It’s all you have ever known.
Be proud to be an American. Be proud to stand your ground, even if it is stolen it is still there, it is still yours. Your privilege. Your name. You built that, it made us who we are. Are you proud now? Because building ground off of ash is not easy but we did it. We believed. We made that happen. Being able to muster something out of nothing was once told to be impossible. We did the impossible. Are you proud? Because I am proud. And it means something. That's what being an american means to me. What does it mean to
We have people fighting for us yet we can not fight for ourselves. They can stand their ground, but can we stand ours? It’s almost as if the ground is flooding away, getting ripped from underneath of us.
Being an american is supposed to mean something to us. We have made our country. We have built our ground. American is a treasure, it is not a name it is a privilege. Our forefathers built for us and we should be proud of it. Are you... …show more content…
We have tragedies, but doesn't everyone? It's become an everyday thing now. Building and breaking, its what we do and that is what we are made of.
Being an American means having potential, it means breaking but always remembering you can fix this, you can make it better. It means believing in yourself, and others around you. Even if they rip the ground out from below, you still have to believe. It’s all you have ever known.
Be proud to be an American. Be proud to stand your ground, even if it is stolen it is still there, it is still yours. Your privilege. Your name. You built that, it made us who we are. Are you proud now? Because building ground off of ash is not easy but we did it. We believed. We made that happen. Being able to muster something out of nothing was once told to be impossible. We did the impossible. Are you proud? Because I am proud. And it means something. That's what being an american means to me. What does it mean to