Patriotism: devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
Patriotic: expressing or inspired by patriotism.
Compass: an instrument for determining directions.
Consider for a moment the concept of a moral compass. We've all probably heard of that, right. Anything that might serve to guide someone based on morals, virtues, and values. Often, this term is used with lawyers, judges and decision-makers. Today, I present to you the Patriotic Compass. A concept in loyalty whereby one is guided by love and inspiration for his country.
This compass is often a driving force for those who enlist or commission in the United States Armed Services. There the compass finds its ultimate calling as these men and women voluntarily put their lives in harms way to protect our freedom. In other forms, the compass guides our decision-makers, our police, our firefighters, and other civil servants. However, each and every citizen also has a Patriotic Compass.
Sometimes that compass points to true north and guides the American Citizen toward a better, wholesome, and just nation. These days, however, many, too many, have had their compass damaged and it now points in a misguided direction. This is the first in a series of thoughts and discussion on the direction of our nation and where Barack Obama would like to see it head versus where the true Patriots want it to head back toward.
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