Its up to us.
Its up to YOU...
Its up to YOU...
What do we do? How do we take back control of our
government and protect the ideals which made the
United States of America that shining city on the hill
Ronald Reagan described?
We need to do many things. We need to re-educate
ourselves as to how different a society based on
individual freedom is from societies that are not. We
need to pass down ethics and morals inherent in the
founding of our nation. A focus on fairness is not an
American ideal. Equality of opportunity is the goal, not
equality of results. We need to create a standard of what
is expected of every United States Citizen. We need to
use the time provided by our freedom and success to
better ourselves and our minds. American
exceptionalism has provided us with leisure time to do
great things because of the efficiency created by talented
and exceptional people. It would be shameful to waste
the gift of freedom we possess. Let us not continue to
waste this gift we have as Americans but let us fight
everyday against the natural decay which comes with
being comfortable.
Put simply, we need to make better choices, choose
carefully, and always think about the possible outcomes.
We need to choose the hard things in life. One of the
most memorable quotes I know is from John F. Kennedy
when he said: “We choose to go to the moon and do the
other things not because they are easy but because they
are hard.” We went to the moon but we can always work
better and harder at the other things in life. Difficulty
and struggle builds character and self esteem. Our free
society allows people to go through their lives if they
choose always making the easy choices. I think
sometimes unconsciously because they are comfortable
and/or afraid of failure. It is my opinion that someone
who remains a fence sitter, one who always makes the
easy decisions will not amount to much of anything in
their lives and it makes me sad to see such opportunity
squandered when I see it. This is the human nature
aspect we must become aware of internally, and as a
nation of citizens, struggle to overcome. We must be
conscious of our decisions and ask ourselves why am I
making this choice? Is it best for me and my country in
the long run or am I looking for a quick fix? Where will
it likely lead?
When we choose the easy route we learn nothing
and we gain very little. It is when the difficult choice is
made which requires long periods of effort, focus,
struggle, thought, and many times risk of failure that
results in something worthwhile in life. Risk and hard
fought effort is what builds a person of good character
and confidence. This is American Spirit. You know
people like this. Most likely you look up to them
because you want to be like them in some ways. You can
and I can. It only takes the willingness to do the hard
things in life and be willing to put in your time. Few
things worth having or of real meaningful value in life
come easy. If they did, everyone would have them. This
could be either material things or personal attributes that
people of strong character possess. You can only legally
possess these things by earning them in an honest way or
learning for yourself, in a way that required hard fought
internal drive and effort.
We must fight human nature and the urge to make
the easy choice or the choice which allows us to stay in
our comfort zone. To keep America great it is our duty
to do this. We must educate our children to think about
this starting as young as possible. Help our children
understand risk taking and how it helps grow us as
individuals. We must also teach consequences and
understand them. To take risk is to understand the
consequences and willingly accept them if and when
they come. Sometimes we fail but if we think through
the possible outcomes, we will most likely not be
overwhelmed if things go array and they will. But this is
not bad, this is America. We learn the most from the
mistakes we make in life. Taking risks and making
mistakes gives us more information which allows us to
make better decisions in the future. It opens doors, gives
us new routes and other choices to make. A person who
never takes risks or makes decisions will never see new
choices or opportunities. They remain not knowing what
they do not know. They stay comfortable in their state of
not knowing very much at all. This is not an American
ideal.
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure.
Continue to reach out.
-Benjamin Franklin
Think about what kind of person you are and be
honest with yourself. If you think you are weak at
something, admit it. If you do, the next time you have to
make a decision you will be more aware of your
weakness in the past and may be more likely to make a
different decision. Do not beat yourself up if your fail at
first. Knowing why you failed now gives you the tools to
do better and try again. You still may fail but you may
just learn that one small piece of information which was
missing before and it is now enough to lead to success.
Someone who fears failure will never really know
the true taste of success. For to achieve success,
one must risk failure.
one must risk failure.
-This U.S. Citizen
This is American Spirit. Make your goals smaller and
more easily achievable. Do not take on more than you
can handle but do push yourself to try to do more than
you think you can. If you break things up into sections to
conquer one at a time you achieve something big by
succeeding a little at a time. Life is a slow process and
most of the time, success is as well. Success, like life is a
journey. You have to enjoy the journey and smell the
roses instead of worrying about getting to the end of the
road. Over time you will become more of a do-er like
America’s founders and ready to pass on that American
Spirit instead of the fence sitter who decided maybe I’ll
cross that ocean tomorrow but never does.
Now if you are a do-er and you know who you are.
It is your obligation to pass on the American Spirit to
others, especially to those who lack it. The feeling of
being part of something bigger than yourself and making
a contribution to the preservation of the United States of
America as the founders created it is worth the continued
effort. Take notice of those who do not possess the drive
and spirit you possess and talk to them. It will be hard at
first. Some will be open to ideals they are not
accustomed to hearing and will need additional
motivation. Some people will not care no matter what
and those people; you must leave behind because they
may unfortunately be a lost cause in the preservation of
our founding principles. I am realistic and I know there
will always be those who cannot be helped so we must
focus on those who can benefit from your spirit of taking
action and making a difference. It is our duty and our
debt to the Founding Fathers who pledged their lives and
their fortunes to create a new way of life for us. To
honor those who died for our freedom on foreign shores,
we owe it to them as well. I know I do.
I have talked about what I believe to be influencing
the decay of American ideals and how we can overcome
them. We are possibly reverting to the mindset of the
rest of the world due to fear of passing judgment, fear of
upsetting or offending someone, and the lack of
accountability by people and parents to the ideals which
founded the United States of America. This means we
have failed at the task of conserving those ideals and
passing them on for the specific purpose of preserving
the American Way, the American system, and the
American way of life. The term conservatism
specifically is the belief in preserving and protecting
these ideals and founding principles and comes directly
from the definition of conserve which is to preserve,
save, keep, protect, and safeguard. To safeguard the
Constitution is the Rule; everything else should fall
under this Rule. Lip service to an oath of office is not
enough and we have ventured down a path where the
Constitution is not the first consideration and thus we
end up where we are today, approaching despotism. If
collectivism was ever to be useful, a collectivist effort on
the part of the U.S. citizenry to protect the Constitution
from meddling politicians and their damaging agendas
would be an acceptable use. This is the only instance
where collectivism should be part of the United States of
America.
This U.S. Citizen has spent much time and written pages
explaining what he thinks about the causes and given
some solutions to what is going on in our country. He
would like to hear everyone reading this say the words
and think This U.S. Citizen followed by what you
believe and think. Do not be timid in speaking about our
founding ideals. Write it in a book, on a website, say it
to your neighbor, to your family members, to your coworkers,
and especially to your children, on a sign, at a
tea party and repeated to your representative and
senators. If they do not listen, run against them or work
with and support those who will for the sake of the
United States of America.
Say the words This U.S. Citizen… and you decide
what comes next in the quote and what comes next for
our country. We are empowered by the Constitution to
stand up to an oppressive federal government. It is time
for the real power of this country to speak and finally be
heard because we have been silent too long and we are
now paying the price for our complacency. This U.S.
Citizen not only wants to hear your words but the more
important point is every other U.S. Citizen needs to hear
what you think and believe. We all need to know we are
not alone in our thoughts and that our ideals are still the
ones which made America great and will allow it to
remain that way. This U.S. Citizen does not want to be
told what to do, what is best for him, and will not be
tread upon any longer. We must come together as a
group of individuals, as U.S. citizens, focused directly
on the same object, to expound the greatness of America
and the ideals which made it so. It is time for the next
generation of American leaders to step up and take
charge of protecting the freedoms of the U.S. Citizens. It
is apparent our current group of leaders is not up to the
task because they do not even understand the cause of
Liberty. They can no longer be trusted with such an
important undertaking.
The price of freedom is vigilance.
-Thomas Jefferson
So what happened in the elections of 2014 an 2016?
This is what I hope does happen... It is what I believe will happen...
This is what I hope does happen... It is what I believe will happen...
Elections were held and new representatives and
senators were elected while others lost their seats for the
straightforward reason that they were no longer
trustworthy enough to fulfill their oath to the people and
to the Constitution of the United States. The U.S. was
taken to the brink of government meddling with our very
lives (Obamacare) and the people stood up and said no, not this. The do-ers showed up and took action, promising they would
not be lulled back to sleep. They would closely monitor
our representatives and participate in lawmaking and the
operations of our officials who are so dutifully entrusted
with the care of our precious republic. The people have
vowed to support only those candidates who will correct
the problems created by the latest political agenda and
by actions not words, preserve the ideals of the
Constitution and the Founding Fathers.
We have returned the republic to one focused on
protecting us from our enemies and creating
opportunities for all citizens of the United States instead
of controlling and meddling in their lives. We have again
realized how important our freedom is, the sacrifices
which have been made for it, and vowed to never let a
few people rule over us in our best interest because we
know they will do no such thing. We have never come
so close to returning to the old ways of the rest of the
world left behind hundreds of years ago in search of new
and better opportunities in the new world of America.
We have walked down the easy path of government
control and dependency and saw that its price is too
high. A price that sentences us and our children to a life
where we can no longer say the sky is the limit and that
one is only limited by one’s self because those words
would have no longer been true. We have chosen the
path where those words again have real meaning and
have chosen the difficult path to protect our part of the
American dream and the American Way.
Stand by… We The People are paying attention, we
are watching, we are taking action, and we are not going
away!
Its up to us.
Its up to YOU...
Its up to YOU...
This U.S. Citizen
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