Here we are again - at the 4th of July celebation 2009. It’s America’s 233rd birthday. That sounds like a lot of years but in terms of the millenia of history it’s scarcely a blink. What have we learned in those 233 years? Sometimes it seems like not much. At others, it seems like we’ve done pretty well. We’re still too immersed in the current mess to be able to assess cause or precipitating factor. It’s like standing in the middle of the road on a foggy day, not seeing what’s coming at us or knowing if the road ahead had been washed out so that nothing COULD come at us. We may be doomed or we may be perfectly safe! The anxiety is caused by not knowing. On the 4th of July we want to play on the beach or in the ballpark. We want to eat hot dogs and drink beer. We want America to be as it always has been - at its best! And only we can keep it that way, by being at our independent, individual best, every day. It takes thought, it takes understanding, and it takes work. Happy Birthday, America, and many many more.
