Sometimes I’m asked why our flag hangs upside down, and I’m grateful for the door to conversation being opened. I say that it’s a signal that our country is in distress, and it is if you consider poor leadership at all levels, rampant crime, unequal enforcement of the law, homelessness, mental illness, unprescedented illegal border crossings, questionable military strength, rising educational costs with declining competency, propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, biological men competing against biological women in sports, corporate greed, unemployment, underemployment, food shortages and supply chain issues, toxic railroad spills, wildfires burning out of control, inflation, skyrocketing drug usage and fatalities, the mockingbird media, and the list goes on. For all these reasons, I am not “celebrating” today, although we are having homemade pizza on the Blackstone for dinner, if that counts.
As much as I think our country is inching further and further away from the ideals so tightly held by our founding fathers, I’m grateful this is happening while I’m still alive. I believe we’re witnessing history in the making. Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better, so maybe all the government and political absurdity is what it will take to wake people up. Too many have been sleeping for too long, accepting whatever news du jour happens to be as truth.
As the daughter of a legal immigrant, I was taught early on that the freedoms we enjoy are blessings not given to everyone on the planet, and that we are not to take them for granted. That’s why our flag is upside down–because our country is. I’m not afraid of calling out tthe elephant in the room. Like many Americans, if not most, I know the difference between good and evil and right and wrong, and ALL of the things I listed above are evil or wrong for We the People. So I’m grateful for the freedom to express my belief, and in the process having the opportunity to talk to other real patriots who feel like I do.
If our country wasn’t in the poor shape it’s in, I probably would not have sought the spiritual help that put me on the path I’m now on–one that keeps me seeking and learning and discovering my ‘why,’ i.e. my purpose. It’s much more fulfilling than being tied in a knot over situations over which I have no control, which is really everything, except for the way I react to situations. So I’m grateful for the poor shape the USA is in today, July 4th, 2023. I believe that with the help of God, the best is yet to come.
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you [a]will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. ~John 16:33
