I am a ‘resident alien’ of the US after marrying my German-born, American husband. My Australian cultural imprint is strongly inclined to fight for the underdog. We have tendency to “knock down tall poppies”, to be irreverent and anti-authoritarian.

I have been willing regime change for just about the whole 9 years I’ve lived here, so during that time, I have been, at times, quite “unappreciative” and a done my fair share of ” **** bashing” – another of our not so generous cultural constructs.

So now that has all passed, I’m seeing the best in America, which fills me up with energy and optimism and hope. I see such opportunities for us to co-construct. The shift in what we are now paying attention to leads to a whole new set of discoveries, dreams, designs and destiny.

So wondering what might be responses to the following questions:

• What are the best and highest qualities that represent America’s “positive core”?
• What areas offer America the greatest possibilities to bring about justice, equity and equality?
• And, in 10 years,  how do you want America to be in the world?

Tagged as: German, Positivity, Social Sciences, United States