This week we are having one of the Tuskegee Airmen at school to talk to some of our students. He was also a POW and was held at a Nazi camp. His name is Alexander Jefferson.
In his biography he has a quote about America that I love. It pretty much sums up how I feel about most things in life.
'America is the best country in the world. You don't like it? Leave it. The only obligation? Make it better. It ain't perfect, but it's home.'
There are a lot of things in this world that you are not going to like. People you aren't going to like. Obligations that you are not going to love. Places that you want to improve. But seriously - if you don't like it, leave. If you don't enjoy your job, move on. If you are going to stick around - do what you can to make the person/place/situation better. Things aren't going to be perfect, but it is your life so you might as well make the best of it.
Well said Alexander, well said.
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