On
9/11, terrorists attacked our national innocence. At the Boston Marathon
two people terrorized and shut down an entire city--they attacked our
freedom to pursue all-American activities. They attacked our way of
life and our belief in ourselves. How do we get it back?
The spiritual anthem we
sing at sporting events, which is a symbol of the American dream is: God Bless
America. Please God, bless our way of life. Bless our pursuit of the American
Dream. You, God, gave us our lives, our freedom- and our way of life. You gave
us our “selves”-our national and personal identity. God gave us freedom and
democracy and when we call upon God to “Bless
America” we are
asking Him to help give us back our national pride and our personal self esteem.
So, sports and faith have a lot in common. The common denominator is
belief; belief in ourselves-that we can live and enjoy our national
pastimes-baseball, football and running for sport or recreation. With faith
that God believes in us and our pursuit of good clean, healthy American values
we can win back our faith in the American dream--and in
ourselves. God Bless America,
indeed.
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