Two-hundred-fifty
seems like an awesome milestone birthday. For a person, it would be. As a
country, though, it means we are still in our infancy. Compare the USA to
Egypt, which has existed over 5,000 years since it was first unified, and even
to England, which is over 1,000 years old.
Being
an infant isn’t such a bad thing. Infants are full of promise. While they are
born with some limitations (not everyone has the ability to be a great athlete
or a concert violinist, for example), they are also born with vast
possibilities. So while it isn’t true to say they can grow up to be anything
they want, they do have immeasurable choices. They don’t achieve their full
potential on their own, however. They need parents who play an active role in
their lives, guiding them rather than criticizing them.
Even
for people who approve of the current political environment, few are perfectly
happy with the course our country is currently taking. It’s been that way for
the last 250 years, and it will continue that way for however many years are
left in the country’s future.
Just
as with a human infant, the USA has plenty of potential to turn into something great
if its parents take their responsibilities seriously, guiding rather than
criticizing.
Whether
you agree with the current administration or not, the country’s relative youth
is a source of hope. But here’s the rub. America’s citizens, both individually
and as a whole, are its parents.
Do
you take your responsibility seriously?
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