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Originally posted by Jesse-Joe:
Gitchigumee, your signature tells it all...
Those 4 lines are pure genius. So simple, yet I dont think anyone else could have engraved that in my mind so perfectly.
There is a place that I drive by, close to Moncton. It's on the TCH, {Trans Canada Highway}, you look in the distance, there is lots of green dark forests,(mountains of it) and to top it all 2 railroad tracks, side by side, that seems to go forever in that forest.
Everytime I go by there, those 4 lines do come to mind. And many a times I will play CRT in the CD player. It's something that I can not describe in words, how proud it makes me feel to be a Canadian, like he is...  [/QB]
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Jesse, I too believe those words are some of the most beautiful and eloquent ever written, hence their inclusion in my signature line. Like many things Lightfoot, those words have touched my soul.
More and more, I look with yearning to the north and I truly believe if I had to choose another country to call my home, it would be Canada. The more I learn about it, the more I am intrigued. Each experience I have had in your beautiful country has been wonderful. From fishing trips with my dad to motorcycle trips with my husband. I have found the scenery exceedingly beautiful and the people very friendly. And of course the Canadian people I have met and keep meeting on this forum ... what can I say, they're my kind of people. I look forward to spending much more time in your country in the future, and I actually have 2 possible trips coming up in 2008.
Being an American, I was always brought up to believe that I live in the greatest country on earth. I agree that it is great, but the older I get, the more I realize that the universe doesn't revolve around the good old US of A only. I am not always proud of what our country has done, and what it is doing. I am definitely not always proud of our leadership and can even understand why some of our "enemies" hate us so badly. It would have been unimaginable to think those thoughts growing up!
Jesse, you have every right to feel proud to be Canadian.