Nationality doesn't matter.

Being an American. It’s nice. But not all that important in the grand scheme of my life. Far more important: Being a human being. Alive and conscious. Doesn’t matter so much where I live. Whether in America, or elsewhere. I can be a happy and fulfilled human being in many, many places. Also, I rank being a romantic idealist ahead of being an American citizen. Same goes for being a spiritual free-thinker, a political liberal, a lover, a dreamer. Being an American is incidental. I could even settle for being an Italian or German or Russian. Even an Arab or an African.  Nationality doesn’t matter. As long as I’m a decent human being.  –Jim Broede