I woke up this morning (not to Boston) with this stirring my brain:....where are we, and what have we become? Have we traveled so far down the barrel that we are now facing the bullet? Have we become so American that we have forgotten to be human? Have we become so petty, that we cannot put our differences aside?
9-11 may have been one of our darkest hours but it was one of our finest moments, that we as a people could come together as human beings. We set aside just about everything, for a brief moment in time, to achieve a common goal. We set aside race, gender, religion and yes, even political differences to mourn and then put our country back together again.
Is that what it's going to take for our country to come together again? Is it going to take a national catastrophe for us to be woken up? Earthquake, tsunami... no. What if Tom Brady can't play in the Super Bowl, or Beyonce couldn't entertain anymore... not very likely. How about one of those Russian/Chinese EMP's that we keep hearing about... maybe?
How childish or bullheaded must we be, that we cannot even sit down and listen to what the other person has to say? Now I sound like Dr. Phil. Sincere apologies work, most of the time.
It's time to drop all the bullshit: all the politcal differences, all the name calling, all the back stabbing, all the gender inequalities, all the racial divides, all the religious doctrinal meanings, and all the different classes of people. It's time to set aside pride and be an actual human being, unlike a caveman.
It's time for the country to come together and stop growing apart. It's time to settle all of these issues that have workable solutions. It's time to stop trying to reinvent the wheel. Air the damn thing up and let's move on.
One can only imagine what others think of us around the world. Is someone getting a good laugh at our expense? Who cares what others think? Some people in this country do.
Until we can put our differences aside... we're not United States citizens.... we are plainly filthy Americans.
P.S. I tried to write this in the most neutral frame of mind that I could. Except for the mention of Tom Brady and Beyonce, both of which I don't care for, it was about as middle of the road of an opinion as I could make and that's not easy for me. No, this was not about me doing any soul searching. It is about our country having an identity crisis.
