Discovery
As recently as 100 - 150 years ago we as a nation (the USA) were a people made up of explorers and seekers and adventurers. Theodore Roosevelt compared the nation to a young grizzly bear, "Big and strong and brave even if we are prone to stumbling around from time to time."
At our core I think the biggest failing we as a culture exhibit is this, we've lost our identity as a nation of explorers to become a nation of consumers. As a group we seem much more concerned with having the bigger house, or the nicer car or the cooler more hip pair of sneakers.
As I watch the shuttle Discovery on her current flight, I am at once hopeful and at the same time fearful that the promise of what Discovery means will not be realized because we as a people have lost our identity as explorers and discoverers.
Here then is my hope for a safe flight, and a rebirth of the United States as a people who explore, and stretch and discover. God speed Discovery, and come home safe and soon.
At our core I think the biggest failing we as a culture exhibit is this, we've lost our identity as a nation of explorers to become a nation of consumers. As a group we seem much more concerned with having the bigger house, or the nicer car or the cooler more hip pair of sneakers.
As I watch the shuttle Discovery on her current flight, I am at once hopeful and at the same time fearful that the promise of what Discovery means will not be realized because we as a people have lost our identity as explorers and discoverers.
Here then is my hope for a safe flight, and a rebirth of the United States as a people who explore, and stretch and discover. God speed Discovery, and come home safe and soon.
posted by OOPLord at 08:32
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