Wednesday, May 4, 2011

We are Americans...let's start acting like it..

In case you haven't heard, Osama Bin Laden, public enemy number one, has been killed by a US Navy Seal Team who raided his hiding place in Pakistan.

Understandably, there has been much rejoicing over and numerous celebrations of his death.

Unfortunately, too many of these celebrations and too much of this rejoicing is more evidence of blood lust than justifiable gratitude and thankfulness that an enemy has been vanquished.

I think this is a very good time to stop and reflect on what this momentous event, and our reactions to it, say about us . While some relief and thankfulness is right and proper, the wild public celebration of death and destruction needs to stop.

We are Americans. We hold ourselves to a higher standard. We are better than that.

We see value in every human life. We don't rejoice in death and killing. We do not revel in slaughter and gore. We are not barbarians clothing ourselves in the bodies and washing ourselves in the blood of our enemies.

We don't gloat over the vanquished. We quietly extend our hand to help a vanquished enemy become a friend and mourn the loss of life on both sides that every war inevitably brings. We heal the wounds, we rebuild the cities and we help repair the damage once the fight is over.

We are Americans. We forgive.

We are publicly grateful for our forefathers who gave their lives to gain and keep the freedoms we have. And we are quietly proud and thankful that our nation still produces men and women with the fortitude and will to keep and protect these freedoms for us and the courage to extend them to others. And we are sorrowful that we still live in a world where it is sometimes necessary for those good men and women to sacrifice their lives in that pursuit.

We are Americans. Let's start acting like it.

Pray for America.

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I'd love to hear what you think. Feel free to leave a comment here or e-mail me at: TomFawls@Council4SmallBiz.com.

2 comments:

Shawn Dudley said...

Well written, Tom.

Glennys said...

Well said!

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