country or no country

do i need to belong to a country? here's what i know for sure. i want to be in a place where i am free to worship the divinity within and without in a way that suits me. in fact, i believe that's how this country was born in the first place. a bunch of men and women left a familiar realm, crossed the ocean, settled into unchartered territory, worked hard to build a life from scratch just for this purpose. i, too, left where i was born and raised, crossed an even bigger and wider ocean, arrived at a foreign place where i was taught and shown the way to connect with my innermost and highest Self, and from there, strive to experience the same divine power in all people and all things. for this i am eternally grateful to the sacred intention of these brave and devoted men and women. they planted the seed. a couple of hundred of years later i am reaping the benefit.