Beloved Friend!
While, it may be difficult to feel happy and celebratory on this July 4th (and this is very true for some, perhaps you) because of current events, celebrate what July 4th used to mean – freedom and independence from tyranny and the birth of a nation that was to become a melting pot to include all people working together to uplift each other. It meant opportunity for all (even when it didn’t really mean that at one time). It became the home of the brave, the land of the free. Anyone could come here with hope, as many did, and together built this nation.
Don’t let tough times get you down. Manage your mindset and emotions. Instead of focusing on what is wrong, focus on what is right, be grateful and decide what good you want to perpetuate. Create the good. Be a role model to inspire and uplift others. Lend a hand. Encourage and enable. Together, when we unite, put our oars in the water, facing in the same direction, rowing together we can more easily and swiftly get to the destination we choose. If you let chaos and confusion rule you there’s little chance.
We’ve never been without issues or problems, it is true. There have been severe ones that need to be addressed and corrected back then, now and certainly in the future.
But yes, there were easier, more open and safer times. Again, not always. We’ve encountered dark times and inhumane treatment before. And we have again in recent times. We must not allow hate, harm and exclusion to dominate. So, while there have been and are problems let us celebrate the ideal. That all people, regardless of race, religion, country of origin, gender, political affiliation, wealth and status have certain inalienable rights and should be allowed to live and work together in harmony.
Celebrate the good that was and continue to work for what can be.
Let’s work for the freedoms and the opportunities for all in this country to live a better life, AND to someday have elected representatives who will represent all of us, instead of those who think they are leaders who get to dictate their agendas to the people. We don’t have leaders. We never have. We have elected representatives whose job it is to do the will of the people. That is what a democratic republic does OR should do.
Together, we can claim our country back peacefully. It is possible if we continue to believe and to act as if it is possible. If we have the will to do it, we can succeed. Let’s unite again to make our country and the world a friendlier, nicer, safer place for all to be, everywhere always, now and in the future.
We can learn from our past and the mistakes we make, correct and adjust and move forward cooperating and collaborating in peace and with compassion, love, peace and acceptance for all. We can move back into the light as there is nothing saying we must remain in darkness. Troublesome times are there to help us move forward, correct the situations, take the bad times and remove the bad and make them better. That is what self-determination is all about. Create the good we want while releasing that which we don’t want.
With love, and respect – let’s make this world a better place beginning again today! Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes
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