I am thankful almost DAILY that I live in the U.S.A.! I read the news at work every morning, and I read these things about other countries and their lifestyles and all that. I’m glad I live in a country where I can do what I want (within reason, of course). I can have a job, I don’t have to walk x-number of paces behind my husband, and I was able to choose my own husband. Women all over the world don’t have the same rights I do, and it’s sad. This is obviously not a perfect place, America has its own issues. I’m honest enough to admit that I am relieved I live in a country where there’s indoor plumbing for bathing, and I have a roof over my head rather than a tent or a bunch of straw. I am spoiled, but I try not to take everything for granted.
Andrew and I watch The Amazing Race, and the contestants go to India and China and you see lifestyles and cultures that just make you shake your head and go, “I couldn’t do that…” The truth is that we COULD if that’s where we were born. But we live in America, where things that so many others would consider luxurious are everyday things for us. We get annoyed to sit in traffic or stand in line at a grocery store. We all need to be grateful for air conditioned cars and air conditioned buildings. We don’t have to saddle up a mule and get out on jam-packed streets in sweltering heat to go to an open market.
God bless the U.S.A.! I can’t imagine living anywhere else!
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