Yes, I actually do. I'm not patriotic or nationalistic but I recognise the good things we've done that have changed the world. I also recognise that, as a people, we're nice, funny, quirky, diverse, cultured, polite, fair, animal-loving, and embarrassed enough about our former empire to not want to be oppressive to other countries.
We have a 14,000 year old unbroken spell on this small island and abodes still exist from 5,000 years ago. My own personal family history consists of at least 2,000 years in the same location. There are many roads and towns named after my ancestors. I'm more planted in my little part of England than most people will ever be because they don't have concurrent family history in one place.
I am part of the land and the land is part of me. If I couldn't love this, I couldn't love anything. My dying wish is to be buried here, where I belong.
It's funny. Before I researched the family history, I was convinced my family were from Scandinavia and I still feel a genuine fondness even though I've since been proven wrong. I feel the same as you, and it'd be even stronger if it was recent ancestry (i.e. last five centuries). And if it had have been true, of course.
I guess we all find our place and are happy with what we have. I was happy both ways.
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Yes, I actually do. I'm not patriotic or nationalistic but I recognise the good things we've done that have changed the world. I also recognise that, as a people, we're nice, funny, quirky, diverse, cultured, polite, fair, animal-loving, and embarrassed enough about our former empire to not want to be oppressive to other countries.
We have a 14,000 year old unbroken spell on this small island and abodes still exist from 5,000 years ago. My own personal family history consists of at least 2,000 years in the same location. There are many roads and towns named after my ancestors. I'm more planted in my little part of England than most people will ever be because they don't have concurrent family history in one place.
I am part of the land and the land is part of me. If I couldn't love this, I couldn't love anything. My dying wish is to be buried here, where I belong.
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A nicely put sense of time and place. I'm on another continent, but feel deeply connected to my ancestors and blessed that some moved on.
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It's funny. Before I researched the family history, I was convinced my family were from Scandinavia and I still feel a genuine fondness even though I've since been proven wrong. I feel the same as you, and it'd be even stronger if it was recent ancestry (i.e. last five centuries). And if it had have been true, of course.
I guess we all find our place and are happy with what we have. I was happy both ways.