When I was younger I absorbed the beautiful things around me,
My eyes saw the beauty and amazing things around,
My nose experienced the abundant smells of everything new,
My ears heard the many sounds that were unique and different,
My hands touched everything in site,
Back then I was using all of my senses except the one that is more powerful then all of them put together,
With the changing of times and the many years I have accumulated my heart has finally opened up,
Now I feel what I see, touch, taste and hear,
I cry more as my heart has emotionally grown,
No the world is not as new as it use to be,
but my heart has allowed me to truly feel that which I have overlooked,
The beauty that surrounds me, the quiet mornings and the sounds of birds at play, the tears shed for happiness for others, and the tears shed for a strangers loss or suffering.
With the changing of times I have become a better me, a man who cares for others, someone who values everyone and everything around him.
What does this have to do with Independence Day? That is easy to answer. Because of my freedoms, being protected, and having the many choices in my life I have been able to grow, to become the person that I am.
Now my Dad and Mom can say without a doubt that they are truly proud of me because I,
I am truly proud of whom I have become.
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Thank you Mom and Dad, and thank you America! Without all of you there would be no future, no freedom, and a different me!
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