Imagine yourself inside of your luxurious home sitting next to the warm fireplace with all of your family right after eating the huge meal that your mother has cooked for you consisting of a big, dark turkey with vegetables, mashed potatoes, and bread. What a perfect situation, right? Well, the people that are in the army and navy fighting for our country don't get those opportunities. They get all of the loud noises, sometimes no warmth, no family to see every day, and definitely not that quality of meals. We should all appreciate the risks that the people fighting for the rights for our country do for us, and not take it for granted; patriotism definitely still matters to the world.
In most cases, people think that patriotism deals with war. Those people would be wrong; patriotism does not exclusively deal with war - it deals with a lot of things to do with every one of us, and not just the people fighting for the rights of our country. The actual definition of patriotism is devoted love, support, and defense of one's country - but also defending the Constitution. There is always a time in everybody's life where we lose faith in people and institutions, but even when that happens, we as citizens can find ways to make our country better. All of the little things put together make one big step. Even with the occasional bumps in the road, we have so much to be proud of.
You don't have to be a world hero to be a patriot - it's all about accepting personal responsibility. Any person can be a patriot just by taking the extra steps to make our country a better place for everybody to live in. Patriotism in our minds is more than just love for our country, but then once again, when you think about it, love for our country is patriotism, and patriotism still matters.
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