A New Found Patriotism

I have never in my adult life considered myself to be a patriot.  In my public-school trained mind patriotism has always meant waving flags, pledging allegiances, supporting a government regardless of what they do and so forth.  This is not me.  I discovered something new, though, just the other night while my husband read the first essay from Wendell Berry's book "Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community".  These attributes that I have always seen as patriotism are actually nothing more than nationalism.  I also discovered that I am truly patriotic to our country.