What do you love about YOUR Country?

in #life6 years ago (edited)

Sometimes you don't appreciate your country until you leave it. I learned this first-hand when escaping the cocoon of America. Visiting villages in Africa left me astounded that so many people wanted to live where I did. Even with our school, and police shootings, poverty etc. still, they wanted to come. It made me wonder what things were like in their country that makes them want to leave?

Home sweet home...

Returning home, I reflected on the good things we have here in The States. The 2nd amendment, which doesn't give us the right to bear arms, but protects that right we were born with - You have to protect your family until the police arrive. The ability to criticize our leaders and dump them for new ones. Our vibrant cultural scene, and the fact that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders supporters can enjoy the same public spaces without killing each other.

I think part of the reason most Americans don't travel much is that we have everything we need right here. Mountains, forests, deserts and thousands of miles of beaches, keep us pretty busy all year round.

Can you imagine the Grateful Dead coming from anywhere else? So I ask, what do you love about YOUR country?

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It is an elaborate question. I'm trying to explain that trough my blog.

Reading about your country was one of the reasons that inspired me to write this post. Everyone should be proud of where they come from. A dazzling big city or a gem of a small village. Every place has something to offer. :)

Yes and my beliefs are that even a trip of just a couple kilometers is a good trip. And we should explore everywhere we go.

Oh I don't travel much either, what I learn, I learn through the internet which I love. :D

Recently I just found out about something because of some sea creatures. What I love about our country now is I just found out it's top 5 of someone's list of megadiversities. Meaning our country is top 5 in biodiversity so we've got lots of species of various animals/plants in our country too. Haha.

Time to protect those extinct ones imho. :D I hope I can get a masteral degree and do some cool science stuff. Haha.

If this is a satirical question though I'd rather not say. There's enough negativity in the world anyway so I won't add mine. :D

Thanks @artgirl I wrote this post so people would reflect on what they had where they're from. I did not know that about the Philippines. It's incredible what we have in our own part of the world.

Alright, cool.

Yeah I didn't know about it until today too while I was doing research on one of my posts. Haha.

not to mention the clean air here.

Those little things really add up, don't they?

A lot of people who bitch about a lot of things seem to take a lot of things for granted.

very true .. you do not know where you are until you get away from it .. I love this post .. I love my country..

Images worth thousands of words. ;)

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