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“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,”
I grew up repeating the above pledge my entire school life. Most often I said it because…well, that’s what we did each school morning. Every once in awhile I would ponder the words and it’s significance. When I did, I always felt good about it. It wasn’t so much the allegiance to my county that resonated, although I was always proud to be an American, it was the last part that penetrated.
“One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
And although I knew the country had it’s problems, and what country doesn’t; it was the ideal that we were “indivisible” and believed in “liberty and justice for all” and that God was watching over us. I mean, who wouldn’t want to aspire to those principles?
So while in many places the “Pledge of Allegiance” is no longer spoken or welcomed, I’m grateful I grew up in a time where the opportunity of repeating the lofty ideas my county was striving to be was verbalized daily. I can’t help but believe that it made me a more thoughtful, kinder, and therefore, a better person for so doing.