"May The Fourth Be With You"

A long, long time ago(yes, I can still remember) there was a Star Wars movie out in the month of July.  The advertisement in the paper was one of the best I've ever seen and I still have it somewhere.  It made me laugh, but it had a double meaning.

For those of you non-Star Wars movie types(over 90 years old), probably the biggest phrase coming out of those legendary movies was, "May The Force Be With You." The advertisement in the paper around July 4th had the wise creature Yoda pointing his finger and saying, "May The Fourth  Be With You."

I did laugh the first time I saw it and I still find it amusing.  However, today on Independence Day, it's a good idea to have the fourth with you, but not just on this day.  It's easy to forget how fortunate we are to live in this country and how much better our country is since our beginning in 1776.

There have always been and always will be problems and struggles, but it's more important to look at what we've accomplished and what we stand for.  Over 343 years, a lot has happened in this country. Today's a good day to think about some of the well known people who have made the biggest contributions in making us what we are today.  For each of those people there have been thousands of unknown, regular people who have made smaller contributions that have added to make our country what it is today.

Many years ago as a child I went to Disney World and visited the American Adventure.  As they showed a movie of America they played a song, "The Golden Dream."  I loved it immediately and it's a perfect song to celebrate The United States of America.  Some of the words are below, but the song has John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King speaking in it also.  Listen to it online and hear it for yourself, it really is a beautiful song.

And, "May The Fourth Be With You'-always.

♫ Male Singer:
America, spread your golden wings
Sail on freedom's wind, across the sky.
Great bird, with your golden dreams

flying high, flying high.

Male Singer: Female Singer: Restless one in a world of change,
keeping dreams aloft in the rain.
Spirit free, soaring through the clouds
of time, of time. 

America, you must keep dreaming now
Dreaming the promised vow of your pioneers
America, keep on flying now.
Keep your spirit free.
Facing new frontiers. ♫

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♫ Female Singer: 
Spirit free, you must keep flying now,
Reaching to touch the sky
on the winds of change.

Oh restless one, search for brighter days,
Soaring through stormy skies
With our head held high.

Both: 
America, spread your golden wings
Sail on freedom's wind across the sky.
Great bird with your golden dreams,
Flying high, flying high,
Flying high, flying high! ♫ 

♫ America, you must keep dreaming now
Dreaming the promised vow of your pioneers.
America, keep on flying now.
Keep your spirit free,
Facing new frontiers.

America, spread your golden wings
Sail on freedom's wind across the sky.
Great bird, with your golden dreams,
Flying high, flying high, flying high!
America!
Keep on flying high! ♫