something I am grateful for today

My country.

I can't think of any place I'd rather live. It's not perfect, but it has so much going for it that works for me. When I look at other countries, I realize that some of them have advantages that mine lacks.... but they also come with trade-offs, things they are missing which we have here [and things I wouldn't wanna do without]. So in the final balance, my country wins. For me.

I realize that some [probably most] of you feel the same way about your country even if it isn't mine. And that's cool. To each his Zone, eh?