But i know it doesn't stand for some sort of distrust or division between two or many peoples like the assumption that the English and Welsh don't get on. Some people associate the place of their birth with a feeling of patriotism because it was the place they took their first breath and were within a boarder and outside of the other and it all just gets a kind of tribal feeling about it which i don't like.
truth is i am patriotic about my origin not because of where i was born but because of the experiences i grew up around and within, and within the boarder that existed between England and Wales that does and has marked a change in the geography of a people , language and culture for 2000 years + , its this i am proud of , the experiences of the mountains and the lakes, the language and growing up there and the reminants of that culture which i find so magical and want to hold onto.
I don't associate it with some tribal loathing or some superiority like some do and i think they are not true patriots, all the experiences that have made me .... me from childhood have occurred within the boarders and culture of Wales and that is what i want to share, to welcome others and to experience other peoples cultures to, as experience is the fabric of life and ultimately knowledge which will help you grow, we all know its important to grow.
I am patriotic because it resembles a different place and a difference in experience, a place worth sharing with everyone for its ability to inspire, so all should be welcome.
