Carrie Underwood: ‘America Really Is… Land of Opportunity’
Today’s Kick Butt Tip of the Day is from Country music star Carrie Underwood who says she is proud to be an American.
In a recent interview, Carrie said “America really is, you know, the land of opportunity. It’s the only place in the world that I could try out for some show and win and amongst hundreds of thousands of people and go on to do great things. I mean, it’s just the land of anything could happen. The people in it are what makes it great.”
I personally agree with Carrie one hundred percent. I mean, name any other country in the world that will will welcome you with open arms and if you are willing to put forth the effort, you can literally become anything that you want to be.
Just think of the name Elon Musk, born in South Africa, came to America and today leads a billion dollar car company, owns Space X and even owns the social media site X, formerly Twitter.
Another success story is that of Apple Computers. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, both of whom were college dropouts at the time, started a computer company in their garage. Today we know that company as Apple Computers.
Every time I hear the words “proud to be an American,” I think of the awesome Lee Greenwood song “God Bless the U.S.A.” Since we are on the topic of pride in America, let me share this story with you. When I was a young boy in 1973, one of the biggest movie stars at the time was “The Duke,” John Wayne. Wayne recorded and released a poem entitled “America, Why I Love Her.” Years later, I was fortunate to add this project to my personal musical collection. To this day, the project remains one of my favorites. The entire album was a collection of poetry from author John Mitchum and was fabulously narrated by John Wayne. Take a moment to click here and check out “America, Why I Love Her” for yourself.
I hope that you will find a few minutes today to reflect on what it means to be an American and how blessed we are to live in these great United States of America.
In closing, please remember, go get ’em tiger! God don’t make no junk. You, yes you are awesome! Now go be awesome!
– Don Chase’s Kick Butt Tip of the Day is a daily motivational feature designed to give you the inspiration you need to power through your day. Check out all the Kick Butt Tips here.