April 9, 2008

There are many things in life that make me happy, like a new poem completed, a rainbow, a perfect origami star, a 100% on a test, or a compliment from a friend. Obviously, I am contented with my life and confident in who I am.
But lately, I find it hard to feel proud to be an American. It’s for a number of reasons, such as the wars we are in right now, including the one in Iraq, as well as the wars that have been happening ever since the beginning of time—-people, bitterly conflicting with each other, often over the most trivial things. Just remember what happened when the new Playstation or something-or-other came out. People were shooting each other so they could be the first ones to get it! Even though I haven’t witnessed either of these things first hand, I still have eyes and ears, so I’m not totally clueless as to what is going on in our world today.