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5 Ways to Feel Great About Your Country

There’s something to be said for patriotism as a mood booster in the U.S.’s current state of financial crisis. No matter where you live, though, you have great reasons to be proud of your country. It can make you not only feel great about yourself, but the people around you, too. I know things are tough for a lot of people, but nonetheless, it is up to us to find the things we love about where we live.

That can help in motivating change in the world that we want to see. Here are some tips that you can use to start realizing how important it is to love your world.

•    Environmental Technology – There are plenty of ways that the world of technology is making improvements to assure that environmentally friendly practices are effective and efficient ways to accomplish the same goals. For example, the Chicago Center for Green Technology is helping professionals and others find cost-effective ways to use green technology. By using greenhouses, solar panels and smart lighting systems, they are making strides to assure a world that is run by more environmentally friendly forms of energy.

•    Food Drives – Being proud of your country also means being proud of the people that live there. One way you can show your support is by sponsoring or helping out with a food drive. You can be creative with these also, and get the community excited about helping out those less fortunate. Here is a list from the Palatine Township that gives some great examples of ways you can organize a creative food drive.

•    Organize your Community – You don’t have to be a lawmaker to get active in your community. You can make simple changes to the things that your community needs just by having a little initiative and focusing on organizing your community with events that bring people together. Find out what the people in your area are passionate about and help them accomplish a goal. Whether it is cleaning up a city park or working to build homes for Habitat for Humanity, you can help just by starting the ball rolling.

•    Make a List – Though there are many ways you can feel great about your country by doing things in the community and environment, there are other ways you can feel personally great about where you live just by writing them down. Think about how the aspects of your country that you love the most fit in with your personal goals. If you lived elsewhere, would those dreams even be a reality?

•    Have a Party – What better way to celebrate something than to have a party? And what parties are better than theme parties? Take advantage of the warming weather to celebrate with friends and family by having a cookout, BBQ, or garden party. Nothing makes you feel freer than conversing and laughing with those closest to you while enjoying some terrific foods. Here is a list of some great recipes and ideas about how you can have a fun 4th of July party.
Feeling great about your country is a way to feel great about yourself, too. It will no doubt help lift your mood, and for those around you too. They say that good moods are contagious, so start spreading yours around.