RETHINKING - JULY 4, 2014

THEME: 4 of July - Independence Day


Periodically, it is good to return to the pages of History to search about the original sources of the events that we celebrate.

With this spirit, now we think that is a good idea to re-read the two first paragraphs of the Declaration of American Independence that say:

“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…”

This is the introduction of the document where the representatives of 13 American colonies explained why they cut their links with the British Empire.

Despite the time that happened from 1776, we find that the text of the Declaration of the American Independence is wise and its ideas are important to rethink in the present-days. Everyone can achieve their own conclusions.

Happy Independence Day!

Happy July 4th!


Domingo Trassens
World Rethink
2014/07/04