Stand Up

As a child, I accepted as given that our country was the greatest the world had ever seen. Of course there were problems, and my parents discussed some of them over the dinner table. However, I was almost an adult before I realized there were other countries that might be more progressive and more egalitarian than ours. Later still I realized that this was almost certainly true, considering that most of the history we had been taught in grade school had been whitewashed. Now, I see our country spiraling downwards, with no end in sight. This too shall pass, I believe, though I might not see it. For now, we all have to be strong and keep our eyes open.