Two hundred thirty seven years ago, in a document with forty-five hundred words, thirty-nine men took their lives in their hands, put quill pen to parchment paper, and defined a new way to look at governance. Today is Constitution Day, a celebration of the definition of the United States. For eleven years, men whose very lives were at stake because of their leadership in the American revolution, wrestled, argued, wheedled, cajoled, bargained, and finally committed to paper the definition of their new government.
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As Americans slog through another season of divisiveness and blatantly misleading advertisements, lets take a moment to remember what brings us together. At the dawning of America there was a desire for freedom from a monarchy that simply wanted tribute and control. There was a desire for shared risk balanced with autonomy. There was a feeling that something new and wonderful was possible, and that a new day was dawning.
You can have those feelings whenever you want them – did you know that? We get caught up in the day-to-day, beaten down by ugliness on the news and in advertisements, and forget that we do have control over where we place our focus, and brain science informs us that what we focus on is what we see. What do you want to see? Do you want to see gloom and doom, or do you want to see hope? Your choice – when you see or hear something that makes you feel sad or stressed, try to find the bigger picture of that thing. Need help accessing your brain’s control panel? Here are three episodes of the world’s second-shortest podcast to help:
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On this anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America, people who have wanted to be American will be sworn into citizenship. If you were born into citizenship, it’s likely that you take for granted what many people in the world long for: the freedom and prosperity that we have the right to create and enjoy for ourselves.
When you’re feeling pessimistic about the future, remember who you are. You have the right to the pursuit of happiness. You just have to remember to pursue it, because you deserve it.
Wags,
Sandy Weaver
The Voice of Wagaliciousness
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