Loving a Country That Doesn't Love You Back

There&rsquo;s a bass player I follow on YouTube, an Italian guy who goes by Davie504. One night he was talking about his own country, about how much he&rsquo;d put into it and how little it seemed to give back, and the thing that stayed with me was the idea that it gets exhausting to keep loving a place that doesn&rsquo;t love you. I&rsquo;m not Italian. I&rsquo;m American, and I&rsquo;ve been…