A Grateful Heart On A Special Day

  I am grateful today for all the men and women who laid down their life so we can enjoy all the freedoms we do. Here in America, we sometimes forget how fortunate we are. We don't live under tyranny, oppression, dictatorship. We have the freedom to gripe and complain about our leadership without worrying about repercussions. We have the freedom to change our leadership every 4 years if we don't like the direction our country is going. We have a voice.
  I pray that we continue to appreciate how fortunate we are and we never give those freedoms away in exchange for safety. That means putting up with opinions we may not agree with in a reasonable discourse. Don't try to out talk or silence people who think differently than you. We have the opportunity in today's socially over saturated environment to shoot down others opinions. But it is neither healthy or beneficial to silence others to make our point. We are better when we listen more and shout less.
  So, as we reflect on the sacrifices made by the service members who didn't come home after fighting FOR us, let us be grateful and appreciate each other more.
 Happy Memmorial Day!