attitude of gratitude for the us of a

i'm downloading all of my pictures from arches/moab/canyonlands right now and just looking over them makes me feel so grateful for the country i live in. i know i take it for granted all the time but it is such an absolutely wonderful place! there are so many amazingly beautiful places here that are nowhere else in the world. there are always so many different people from different countries at national parks and i am blessed enough to have that right in my backyard. i've also been friends with so many people from different countries which i am also grateful for because they always say how much they love america and everything that is associated with it. yes i would love to go and experiance life in different places, but i honestly am so happy to have been born here. there are so many opportunities and freedoms that aren't available for everyone. i am blessed to be very opinionated and because i live here, i am allowed to have those opinions and to express them how i like. i think it is extremely important for people to be allowed to be who they would like without having anyone telling them that is wrong and that they shouldn't do that. of course americans are human and will tell people their opinion and that is their right but at the same time, it comes down to that individual which i think is beautiful. i am truly grateful that i was born here and am able to experiance everything that i am because of the freedoms here. i wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.