{"id":14716,"date":"2018-10-08T02:46:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T04:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=14716"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:03","slug":"pledge-for-all-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/pledge-for-all-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pledge for All"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pledge is a promise or vow to commit to an idea or action.\u00a0 Do you know there is a pledge for all that every American <\/em>needs<\/em> to honor?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In August of 1892, the American socialist preacher Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.\u00a0 Bellamy hoped that the pledge he had written would help to unify all citizens in the US and any other country.<\/p>\n

What exactly does the final version of the Pledge of Allegiance say?<\/h4>\n

\u00a0\u201cI pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,<\/p>\n

and to the republic for which it stands,<\/p>\n

one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you know what these powerful words actually mean?<\/h4>\n

When we say these words, we are promising to support our country as one indivisible<\/em>\u00a0(or undivided) nation. Also, we are staying that we support liberty and justice for every American.<\/p>\n

Recently, too many Americans have forgotten what this pledge they have recited hundreds of times means.\u00a0 When lawmakers deviate from constituents’ individual desires, these Americans protest whatever they do not like and throw public tantrums by doing crazy things, like assaulting lawmakers in restaurants and other public places.<\/p>\n

But protesting is not the best way to get what you want! It also does not honor the word \u201cindivisible\u201d in the pledge.<\/h4>\n

What can you do instead of protesting to be more effective as a human being? How can you enable others to understand what you need, agree with you, and work with you to meet your needs?<\/p>\n

As Dale Carnegie wrote in his book \u00a0How to Win Friends and Influence People<\/u>, there are ways to influence people to understand your point of view and ways not to do that. He wrote that there are three fundamental techniques for handling people who do not agree with you.<\/p>\n