Thank you Sara, your words are both: touching and encouraging.
Your daily prayer is amazing, thanks for sharing it.
I think it`s great to be born in America. Even though period of renaissance may be considered as DOWNING OF COMMON SENSE AMONGST HUMANS, and Franch revolution continued that way, America gave us main coordinate WHAT IS GOOD WAY and also WHAT IS NOT GOOD WAY.
I may consider myself as Amerofil. WHY????
For one with my linguistically skills it is not easy to explain so sensitive matters :) ... but I hope my words and opinion would be understudy ...
Localpatriotism is something so ordinary and so natural and I can tell that I AM SERBIAN, WITH DEEP AND SINCERE LOVE FOR MY COUNTRY AND MY NATION.
Past seventeen years the worst enemy of my country is America.
WOW - AM I CAUGHT WITH WITH CONTRADICTION?
I am not.
My point of view is maybe unusual ... But strong and powerful enemy surely is much better teacher than strong and powerful friend.
Because America has interests (I think against Russia, but don`t hold me for my words - I am a total layman for politics) ... these days, or better to say today, my country has lost 15% of our territory .... THE CUDDLE OF SERBIA IS KOSOVO, and having America behind them, using the most dirty lies about 20 years ago ... Albanian Government will today announce their INDEPENDENCE .... Broking ALL INTERNATIONAL LAWS .... out of Resolution of United Nations, my country was bombed in 1999 ...
AND WHAT GOOD AND POSITIVE CAN I SEE HERE???
Under communistic governance for about 45 years, Serbian nation became weak, spoiled and not to much caring about national spirit and strength (not in weapons, but in understanding) ... Weakness and luck of wise care about national being, made us a primitive and full of forgetfulness.
Adversity with which we were blessed this 2 decades ... changed us. Today over 30% of nation is awaken .... in wise and creative localpatritism, but also in cosmopolitism.
About 15 % of nation are ready to start thinking differently ... Over 50% are still living at past ... in myths... But my biggest hope is waiting for this 30% to give a new birth to a modern, productive and intelligent Serbia ...
And the paths for those that I am waiting for ... were discovered at America. Those paths will not lead anyone to kill, take foreign territories .... BUT TO FIND SPIRITUS MOVENS IN TRUE LOVE AND appreciation ...
Human rights , freedom of speech, living NOW and not yesterday or tomorrow .... together with a lot of technical achievements, came from America ...and all that is what I appreciate the most.
Sara, I just hope I didn`t confuse you.
Many blessings to you!
Branka