Patriotism: Positive Psychology and Country

If you ever look up the word patriotism it will most likely say that it’s a noun and it means devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty. But it’s obviously more than that. It’s more than being loyal or defending your country. Patriotism is more than love. Patriotism, to me is not, I can assure you, what the dictionary defines it to be. It’s more than a word. It’s an emotion that only happens every once in a while, and when it does engulf it. Let it linger in your head that these amazing people go out, wake up every day fighting for us. We take it for granted that we’ll be okay. And I have no idea why. We should be grateful for what we have because some people don’t.

When I see veterans at the mall I get this special feeling and its weird you know. Its weird just looking at these warriors just living their lives normally like nothing has ever happened. They have scars though, whether it is mentally, seeing all those people die, or physically, like losing a leg. They’re brave and they show me to be brave too.

Just remember how many firefighters and policeman and everyone who was helping with 9/11. Some were just average people. The people that helped were the ones who saw their own kind in danger. We looked out for each other. We are proud of our country and everyone who makes a difference. We should be so happy for this country that we were given. We should be so grateful because not as many people get to have a great country like this. Whether we go in debt, whether our bravest die, no matter what happens we’ll be there for each other. That’s what is special about us. That’s what you call love. Love is strong enough to do anything and if we keep on loving how we are now our country will be happier than we ever will be.

Thank the heavens I live in this country. Thank God our country is weird at times and just mainly amazing. I don’t know anywhere else I’d like to live because all I need is here. This is all I want.

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