Give Thanks for America

I believe it is essential that we stop for a few minutes sometime this week end and reflect on what we have and where we live.

No matter where you are on the career pay scale or what rung of the corporate ladder you have reached, this land his given you and me everything. Most important of these gifts is the freedom to be who ever or what ever you think you can be. Through hard work, sacrifice and common sense in your travel to your definition of success, America was the key ingredient that made it happen.

We take it all for granted that we are able to move to other parts of the country if we want, anytime we want, attend religious services of our choosing, vote, protest or be nothing at all - there are all kinds of programs to take care of those who have no ambition, self discipline or the will to succeed. We do care about our neighbors. We spend treasure and lives to help those in need.

We are so lucky to be living in America. I thank God ever day for this privilege. I thank God for the men and women that are fighting and dying for me in all parts of the world and they have done this many times before.

Our freedom is not free. As the saying goes, 'there is no free lunch', - somebody has to pay. We have so many people to thank for our success. It all started several hundred years ago when brave men stood firm and gave up all that they had in worldly positions including their lives for a principle.

We must stand firm now so that those that follow us will say they gave all they had to ensure freedom for future generations. We have no choice, it's who we are and it's what we do and have done since the beginning. Land of the free and home of the brave - God Bless America!