As I was walking down the desolate, star lit street with Jono, my Costa Rican boyfriend :), I was reminded of the great freedom that I have in the U.S. How many places in the world are people able to walk in the middle of the street without worrying about their safety, their possessions, their loved one? I was on this night, and have been for most my 24 years of life. Some places freedom is as normal as sweet tea in the south on a hot day, but for others it's as rare as a Costa Rican moving to South Dakota.
I sometimes am saddened by the great differences between the freedoms I had growing up, riding my pink bicycle freely in the street with an orange freeze pop, compared to a child fighting to survive in a Chinese orphanage due to "overpopulation" of females in China. How vast a difference these two word pictures are.
I believe with great freedom comes greater responsibility to act more just, speak more for the orphan, and show amor (love) to the foreigner. As we celebrated today the freedom of the US and it's veterans, let us not forget that we each have a role in making this world more free.
Celebrate, embrace, and act on freedom, but please don't forget the gift of freedom. Please don't forget America.
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