To Be Free

There is no world in which our lives are dictated by someone else. To us, being independent in our lives- being able to choose what to do when we want and who we want to be- is normal. What one from another country would kill to have our lives, something that goes over many of our heads. Freedom is to not what it once was, that is for sure, but there is still an honor that comes with saying "I am an American." There are still privelages that come with those words, privelages that we take for granted. Being free, and saying the Pledge of Allegiance, is bittersweet. Bittersweet because the freedom our forefathers had fought for so long, the freedom they earned for us, is barely acknowledged. In some cases, it is even disrespected. Us Americans are not who we used to be, but we are still Americans nontheless. We use our blessed freedom for better or for worse; either way it cannot be taken from us. Freedom can be described many different ways, but the word I would use is ours. No matter what happens, there is still our freedom- a privelage and a possesion. And sometimes, there is no greater feeling than that.