"These are times that try men's souls." When Thomas Paine wrote those words during the winter of 1776 describing the hopelessness felt during the American Revolution, he ended it with the statement, "the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph," cementing therefore the sense and sensibility of Americans.
When Americans suffer, we cope. The ways we cope are multiple, and varied. Some take medicine, some get counseling, some utilize their hobbies or skills, yet we all are Americans. Conflict in America today is the same as conflict since our country began. Yet, take pride knowing that we all are sensitive about our rights--the freedom to pursue life, liberty, and happiness, to peacefully assemble, bear arms, speak, or write.
One citizen's pursuit of happiness is that one citizen's right. It may interfere with another citizen's pursuit of happiness, and that doesn't minimize either ideal. Conflict will always be. Centuries of conflict have molded many countries, boundaries, and religions, yet in any one lifetime, change is slow. Our young republic is a testament against the civilizations that have lasted millennia.
America exists because the individual citizen is sovereign, the human body is sovereign. As I lay my hands to examine each patient I treat, I remember this person is the reason we are America. This government exists for the People, it consists of the People, and it administrates by the People. Political rifts will forever exist, and our young republic will grow, mature, and our citizens will cope, because We the People. We are America.
When Americans suffer, we cope. The ways we cope are multiple, and varied. Some take medicine, some get counseling, some utilize their hobbies or skills, yet we all are Americans. Conflict in America today is the same as conflict since our country began. Yet, take pride knowing that we all are sensitive about our rights--the freedom to pursue life, liberty, and happiness, to peacefully assemble, bear arms, speak, or write.
One citizen's pursuit of happiness is that one citizen's right. It may interfere with another citizen's pursuit of happiness, and that doesn't minimize either ideal. Conflict will always be. Centuries of conflict have molded many countries, boundaries, and religions, yet in any one lifetime, change is slow. Our young republic is a testament against the civilizations that have lasted millennia.
America exists because the individual citizen is sovereign, the human body is sovereign. As I lay my hands to examine each patient I treat, I remember this person is the reason we are America. This government exists for the People, it consists of the People, and it administrates by the People. Political rifts will forever exist, and our young republic will grow, mature, and our citizens will cope, because We the People. We are America.
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