Personal Actions #1

Understand and Champion American Greatness

These are the simplest and most direct actions.

  1. Reflect on our founding and the perseverance and twisting path of previous generations to get grounded in the founding and trajectory of American greatness.
  2. Talk about American Greatness with others (individuals, family neighbors, groups, organizations) – expand the conversation and the definition – make it live and see where the actions might go – face-to-face, print, digital, etc. Not “proselytizing”, but owning the concept and exploring possibilities – and confronting false images of American Greatness.
  3. Display the flag with the pride that comes from our founding, our ongoing pursuit of including every American in the vision, and our commitment to taking on the big tough issues we face.
  4. Use our networks to engage others in joining us in modelling American Greatness.
  5. Consciously model the qualities of American Greatness in large or small ways and encourage others to also do so – courage over fear, hope over anger, and perseverance and resilience in the face of daunting challenges.
  6. Get outside our bubble/comfort zone/echo chamber and extend understanding of “others” – those not like us. This is included simply because the fear of “otherness” has become – and will continue to be – one of the greatest threats to American
    Greatness.

These are just examples – or “starters.”  Add your own, discuss with others to generate more options, etc.   

“Your purpose doesn’t at all have to be something BIG, either. The value of your impact on others and on the world has nothing to do with its scale. There’s a saying I  learned while living in Mexico: “Hay gente para todo.”

This means “there are people for everything”, and refers to the fact that in order for our world to function, we need people living and contributing at all kinds of different levels. If we each could find and inhabit the sphere where we’re supposed to be, and contribute what we were made to contribute, what a beautiful world it would be!”

Susan Biali, M.D