God Bless Those That Gave Full Measure for Others

I can't help but have a feeling of great pride on this day, a day to honor our fallen military heros, when I think about how beautiful our country is and all of the possibilities that exist here for everyone that wants to take advantage of them.

We have it all, everything that the human spirit could possibly want - Freedom. Freedom to choose - freedom to rise above our station in life if we want or we can just take life as it comes and be happy. America guarantees freedom to have a good life.

All of this didn't just happen, of course, like anything that has value, it had to be bought and paid for. It this case, freedom, it was bought with blood. Sacrifice. Courage. A sense of duty to God, family and country.

I really don't know how to repay these men and women that have given up their very lives for me, starting all the way back from the beginning in 1776, or even earlier, when a small group of brave souls decided freedom to chose one's own destiny brought them here from distant lands, until now in Iraq and else where. Where do I start?

I pray each day for those that are in harms way in the fight against world wide terror but somehow it doesn't seem enough. God, I guess, will handle the details if we, as a nation, come together in support of our loved ones carrying the load and risking everything for us. It doesn't seem enough right now but maybe, if we stay the course and not grow weary of our responsibilities or lose sight of the ultimate goal of freedom for all peoples, it will be in the end.

The truth is 'We have no right to success, we only have a right not to chose failure.'

To fall asleep now, and not care about what happens tomorrow, if we chose to fail our duty as citizens of this greatest of nations, it will mean all those that sacrificed their lives and fortunes for the ideal of freedom and Democracy will have given it all up for nothing. Can we afford that? Do we want to be known as the generation that lost the fight to keep America safe?

Remember the saying, 'there is no free lunch' It's true today as it was for the last two centuries.

God bless America, land of the free and home of the brave! This is our country, our land of opportunity. Keep the faith, we know the battle is joined!