@SketchesbyBoze The Hobbit is like the perfect gateway book to even more incredible fantasy. Love the Hobbit. I read it as a kid and I've read it to my kids. I've read it as an adult. Someday my kids may pick it up and go on an adventure with Bilbo too.
@ZubyMusic Children are a blessing from the Lord. It's always a good time to have them. We also live in a Genesis 3 world, so it always 'seems' like it's a bad time to have them. Have them anyway.
To the Americans:
I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.
And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:
You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.
This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.
Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.
This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.
But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.
This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.
And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:
Thank God for the United States.
Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.
Long may your admirable country dominate the world.
Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.
May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.
Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.
Thank God for the USA.
Happy 250th.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
As a Korean immigrant, today on her 250th birthday, I reflect on the greatness and excellence of America. Not the deracinated, borderless version peddled by globalists, but the real America of Washington, Jefferson, and the hardy stock who built her from Plymouth Rock to the Pacific.
America was not built by abstract ideas or “propositions” for the world. She was forged in blood, faith, and steel by European Christian settlers who tamed a wilderness, declared independence under God, and secured the blessings of liberty for themselves and their posterity. From the Mayflower to the Revolution, through two World Wars, and being a shining beacon on a hill, this is a people and a heritage worth preserving.
I love America not because she is a hotel for every tribe on earth, but because she is a real nation rooted in the Anglo-Protestant tradition, ordered liberty, family, church, and the rule of law. As an immigrant and naturalized citizen, I know my place: a grateful guest and defender of what the Founders intended, not a re-maker of it. True patriotism means rejecting lies that tarnish her identity, restoring her culture, and ensuring her posterity inherits what their fathers wrought.
To the historic American people, your courage, ingenuity, and unapologetic love for your own, happy 250th. What an exceptional heritage you have. May we restore what made you great, honor your ancestors, and ensure this land remains yours for generations to come. The inheritance of America is worth preserving and fighting for.
God bless the United States of America. Happy birthday America, happy 4th of July. 🇺🇸✞ I LOVE AMERICA! Christ is King!
@sakebu_cheese_ Japan is my favorite country (after my home country the USA of course). I've always enjoyed my many travels through Japan over the years. I've always had great times there. Thank you God for Japan!
@Amina_io I wore something like this in the US one and someone said I looked like a farm girl - was that a compliment or a criticism? I'm not entirely sure...😅