Dierks Bentley has a way to make one really feel what he is singing. This song is no exception, I am biased in this blog to North Dakota but any American may be touched deeply by this video.
In last week’s blog I stated how proud I am to call North Dakota my home; well this week expanding on "home" is my intention.
Some people may not have a place to call home, we are so lucky to have that place here in North Dakota. I believe we sometimes take for granted just how much our home does for us. The security of our jobs that we have with our state is unknown in others. The safeness we feel when we close our eyes at night, is a long distant memory for some states. That our crime rate is low and many do not fear for their children's lives every day is a gift that fewer are having. The golden rule is a distant past, but we still have people who believe in it. However many are wondering, will this leave North Dakota now that we have all these people coming to our state for the money of the oilfield?
The crime rate is going up; we are seeing less moral values than before the oil boom. Is our state going to lose what we as North Dakotans cherish the most. Why we, despite the weather, do not leave this state. Why many love raising a family here. Why in many situations, people leave but always return.
Like Dierks said, we must never lose sight of who we are. No matter what happens with our state we must believe in and call it our home.
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