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How will you celebrate our Happy Birthday USA – 250 Years – The American Dream? What are you grateful for? What magic moments can you reflect back on and celebrate with family and friends? What will you reflect back on and think about doing differently in the future? How can you contribute to making America even better in the future? What do you know about Make America Healthy Again MAHA? What are you willing to do differently in the future to help your family and friends be happier and healthier?

As Americans, we have so much to be grateful for. Even during the ups and downs and turbulent times, we are a blessed nation with blessed people. I decided to break from my normal format to focus on all the good things we have to be grateful for. Many people have been conditioned to focus on what is bad, mad, rad, sad, and wrong with our country, government, and way of life. While yes, we do have a lot of broken promises, issues, political dysfunction, and problems. We still have more to celebrate than to condemn.

We have a Constitution and Bill of Rights. We have a democracy and freedoms of choice, expression, and opportunity. We have laws and procedures to protect our personal choices, lifestyle, property, and religion. We have so many things to be grateful for as American citizens. Sometimes it is beneficial and important to invest in thinking time to appreciate and be grateful for all that we receive.

Please read the previous blog post Can Free Medicine – Make America Healthy Again MAHA? for more insights on this topic.

This blog outlines some distinctions and guidelines to help you decide to better embrace your life in the USA. Remember… Love it or Leave it…the choice is always yours.  It is up to each of us to contribute to our great country or move to a country that better fits our needs and way of thinking. That is another advantage of being an American citizen… we can move to and travel to other countries of our choosing.

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Happy Birthday United States of America USA – 250 Years

What freedoms and rights are you grateful for on our nation’s 250th birthday? Here is a checklist to help you appreciate, consider, and recognize how many benefits and blessings we have to be grateful for. Many of the concepts and words could take paragraphs to explain, and my goal is to use the key words as basic hashtags and hyperlinks to your beliefs and thoughts.

  • America the beautiful is a diverse, large, and prosperous country.
  • Bill of Rights provides additional levels of safety and security.
  • Constitution. Cultural diversity of history and the variety of people who made America great.
  • Democracy and Due Process of Law.
  • Economic abundance, Education, and Energy independence.
  • Farms, Farmers, and Food Abundance. Financial Freedoms and Freedom of Choice.
  • Government by the people and for the people.
  • Health is one of our greatest assets in the US. Home of the brave and land of the free. Home and land ownership in the US is available to all.
  • Independence, interstate highways, and Investment opportunities.
  • Justice system that protects our assets, freedoms, and rights.
  • Kids are one of our most important aspects of the American Dream. We must do everything possible to care for their education, health, and safety.
  • Land abundance and Laws of the land
  • Medical system and high standards. Medicare and Medicaid benefits. Mineral
  • Nation under God with liberty and justice for all.
  • National Parks.
  • One Nation of 50 states and US territories.
  • Property Ownership and Public Lands
  • Question your behaviors, beliefs, and habits to ensure you are doing your part to be a part of the solutions and not part of the problems.
  • Religious freedoms.
  • Abundant Resources.
  • Social Security
  • Tax system to fund and pay for benefits, infrastructure, and projects. Innovation and Technology lead to prosperity.
  • Uniform codes for construction, electrical, engineering, mechanical, sewage, and water systems.
  • Voting rights
  • Waste water treatments and abundant water resources
  • X out the negativity nightly news and focus on the positive information and news.
  • Yes we owe so much gratitude to the people that have come before us and made America the country it is today.
  • Zest for living the American Dream is a blessing and gift.

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The American Dream

Everyone’s definition and desire for the American Dream is different. That is the beauty of being in the US. Everyone can conceive, believe and achieve what their heart desires. We have so much to be thankful for. My wish for you is to enjoy a Happy Birthday USA – 250 Years – The American Dream.

Helpful Hints

What do you have to be grateful for? What will motivate you to focus and learn more about the benefits of American citizenship? Morningstar NEWS helps people discover the research, resources, and role models to help you create a Mastery Action Plan (MAP) to capitalize on your happiness and health.

Mastery Action Plan (MAP)

What choices do you make daily that move you closer to the American Dream or further away? Do you have a written Code of Conduct to help you make better choices and decisions? What will it take for you to create a written code of conduct? Do you have a vision board or Life MAP to focus on more magic moments?

Passion for People & Planet

Morningstar NEWS’s passion and purpose are to condense hundreds of hours of reading and research into two minutes of education, information, and inspiration. We encourage you to focus more on your healthy lifestyle and nutrition.

“The God who gave us liberty will also give us wisdom to preserve it.”  —Thomas Jefferson

“The Standard American Diet (SAD) must be replaced with the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) leadership and mindset, in order to sustain our country.” —Michael Morningstar

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