Today is not about politics. It is not about the headlines that exhaust you or the divisions that dishearten you. Today is about an idea, one that has always been more promise than perfection, more compass than destination.
The idea that you are born with dignity that no government can grant and no tyrant can take away. That we are all created equal, even when we have failed to live up to it. That a small group of rebels, against the mightiest empire of their time, dared to believe that ordinary people could govern themselves.
That idea has survived your civil war, Depression, injustice, and doubt. It has survived because each generation has grabbed the torch and run with it, sometimes stumbling, sometimes running in the wrong direction, but always running.
So today, celebrate the unfinished work. Celebrate the messy, noisy, stubborn experiment that refuses to quit. Celebrate the neighbors who still help neighbors, the strangers who become friends, the quiet heroes who make their communities better without ever seeking a camera.
The country is not its government. It is not its latest crisis. It is you, all of you, still believing that tomorrow can be better than today.
That is worth celebrating. Happy Independence Day. to my neigbvours to the south.
Originally Published on https://boomersnotsenior.blogspot.com/
