40 years.
Whether you witnessed it live or have merely heard of it since, you know about it. Everyone knows about it. Everyone. Everything we've done since has been compared to it. Those were the days when we dreamt a dream, set a goal, and made that dream into reality. That's who we were then. I ask you, as we remember that day 40 years ago, to consider who we are now. Are we still that people? Are we still that Nation? A People who do things, not "because they are easy, but because they are hard"?
I think that we have lost our way. We could argue why and how endlessly. What would be the point? The point is, will we choose to find our way again? Who will we be going forward? What will you teach your children about who we are?
I will teach my children that the dream is alive, and that their country is the one that should make it come true. As it did, it still can. We simply have to choose to make it so. Then hard work and perseverance will win us through. Because if what we did then was possible, then anything is. We just have to set our minds to it.
"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
6 comments:
That spirit of hard work, hope and perseverance is still alive in many American hearts. We must hope that we can once again find our way so we can truly believe in the American dream and share it will all future generations. Great guest post, T-Rex Dad!
Well said...
Problem is, all of us that are left working hard are working hard and those that are left seem to me making policy...
T Rex Dad - you have me in tears. I am so glad you will be teaching our children that the dream is indeed still alive and maybe one of them will travel beyond the boarders of our Earth.
This is fantastic..and I certainly hope we as a Nation are maintaining the importance of hard work and hope so our children have opportunities and appreciate them. Great post.
The sad thing is you can watch China and India move their space programs forward. Where are we? Was the ISS sufficent to keep the dream alive for the last 20 years? The shuttle program seems to have almost killed our desire to go into space by not having us leave Earth Orbit. China and India are reaching for what we have given up. :-(
I hope that your new presidency will bring back this dream. I know that our country is greatly affected by yours. And this is exactly what we need to teach our kids - hard work is okay. I love that you are guest posting! Thanks for the thought provoking material!!
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