This past Saturday I took a ferry to see the Statue of Liberty. She was beautiful at every angle.
There was something in that moment as I stood at her feet, something that warmed me from the depths of my soul. When I looked up into her eyes staring out across the waters it was as though everything fell away. Her torch stretched up towards the heavens giving light to all those who have a dream. The American Dream. We are not perfect, we know this as well, if not more, than the rest of the world. America has its issues; but when I looked up I suddenly could see from others eyes. To immigrants coming across the waters her light is like a beacon guiding them to a place where they are free - more so than any country. It is a place where you have choices, where you work hard, where you fall and get back up.
America is still young but our strength grows each and everyday. We are proud, and at times naive. We stumble through the dark but we find out way.
It is not always easy to see us as Americans. We sometimes get lost in the petty things... clothes, skin color, money, the way we talk, etc. We forget that we are each a part of something bigger than ourselves; bigger than all of it.
America does not promise your dreams to come true, but it does promise the chance to fight for them... the chance to work hard for them... the chance for them to come true.
Because in the end... it is you who has to make the decisions. It is you who fights the battle.
This is the land of opportunity. Let us not forget where we come from but look to the future as to where we are going.
xoxo
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