Slow down...

Meandering slowly down a road, kicking a can and thinking...just thinking.....about how and why our country is in this shape. I look at my own life, I am about to become a grandfather for the very first time, very cool. I stand in awe as I watch the beautiful young women that my daughters have turned out to be. I ask God why am I blessed so much.....silence. I look around me at the people who are in my life, my Lovely wife of 25 years, my 2 beautiful daughters, my Mom, sisters and thier families, and the memory of my father, why am I so blessed? I look at our country I see the people forged by adversity, born into poverty during the depression and still keeping a smile on their faces as time takes so many of that generation from us too fast. I see young children playing in parks, jumping and sliding, seemingly oblivious to anything around them, just living in that single moment. As I think about visions of these moments in time and wonder if they will continue, I feel a sense of pride, a willingness to muster the courage it will take to pull myself up and be counted and not let our country and its people down. I see a country that can continue to be one of independence, yet reaching helping hands whenever needed, I see a country that has the ability to nurture its own within families to raise citizens who have a passion for the right thing. But as progressive liberal movements are allowed to take hold in this country, core values like family and pride and self reliance are slipping away. We need to take this country back, get rid of abortions, affirm marriage between a Man and a Woman, teach responsibility to our young people so children can be raised knowing thier parents. Strengthen our military so we can support and defend ourselves and our allies. But most of all, lets make this a country that we can be proud of again. One that does not take a back seat to any nation, one that is proud of its heritage. A country that does not let politics run things but rather lets passion and courage rue the day. We did not get here overnight and it will take resolve to right the path we are on..... You know what it will take to get us there, or at least get us started. We all know what got us where we are. Will you do anything about it? Will you stop the things in your life that are counter to what God has for this country? Will you get to the point where you feel we are blessed again? I hope so...I hope so....All we need to do is slow down...walk slowly and ....listen.....