United We Stand

There are times in our history when American’s are literally trying to separate America. Whether it was new ideologies, politics, color of skin, race, sex, or even religion. There were times when this group would push that group and that group would push this group. And then the groups would try to make all of America choose between the two. One group would grab a seam and the other group would grab the other and they would begin to tear. However, when all hope was lost and their seemed to be no light of day something would happen. A cataclysmic event would happen and shake the face of the earth. Sometimes it would be a catastrophe so horrible no could even fathom what happened. Other times it would be a positive reinforcement of what The United States of America truly represents. There were times when this reinforcement came from a single hockey team or a single swimmer. Then other times this event was 9/11, hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, or the Oklahoma City Bombing.
These events would grab America by the heart and every single soul unites under ONE flag, ONE heart, and ONE nation. John F. Kennedy said “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?” I ask what can we as Americans do for our country without trying to rip it up. The only reason we do so is because we all want our opinions heard and we want to exercise our rights. This wonderful this is what America is about. Why can we not always stand united? Why does it require some type of event to unite the USA? I remember watching the planes and seeing the flags and reading signs that said “UNITED WE STAND” Does it take something as horrible as September 11, 2001 to unite this country?
We are all so very fortunate to be able to express our opinions with out worry of punishment. We will never completely agree with everything our presidents say. We will never always agree with our neighbor. Does that mean we cannot consider them as an equal because they do not believe what we believe? That is not the America I was raised with!!! If it is not possible to consider others as Americans; then the America I was raised with is dead and gone and is only legend told by those who fought for this country. If this is not the America we stand for then July 4th 1776 is meaningless.
I tell you I still believe in America. I still believe that we stand United and United we stand. Because we are the LAND OF THE FREE and the HOME OF THE BRAVE! If this is not the case then I believe in fairy tales. GOD BLESS AMERICA!