For those of us in America, the 4th of July is our Independence Day. It's a day that defines our countries first step into Freedom. While it has been muttered about as an insurrection and some people don't like to think of it; it was defined by men and women hoping and believing in a better way of life, a life that was cemented in a core belief that all men were created equal. It's still believed in to this day, by many people from many nations. People are still immigrating into this country, looking to make a dream of a better life, a better future, for themselves, their families, their companies.... really, for their hopes and dreams.
Right now, many regions of our country are torn apart and feeling hopeless. We feel the pressure of struggling housing markets, fuel prices at an astronomical high and every other commodity that we use today, being affected by both. Foreclosures, bankruptcies, credit failings, long time institutions and communities collapsing are trying to drive us into fear, into hopelessness.
The reality is hard times exist all the time. Sometimes a region will have flooding, another will have fires, another will have financial problems. In our saddest times a whole nation may be affected, whether its gas prices or towers and lives destroyed by extremists bent on revenge. In those times we remember to pull together, bound together by tragedy and indignation.
So what happens when we are bent over with struggle, trying to survive economic downturns or changes in economy? Hope is our call. It will be contagious. For some of us, our hope is in God, for others it's hope based on days gone by, where we learned that tomorrow does come and can be a better day than today was. For some, we see a future that is different than the past, there is hope and belief that we can work towards a better day tomorrow, next week, next month and next year.
My belief and my personal goal is to pass that hope on to others. When I see a discouraged look or downturned eyes, I want to remind that person that they are in a country founded on God and founded on hope. If we encourage each other and share that hope with each other, tomorrow can be a better day. It won't matter if OPEC scrambles for more money, it won't matter if oil companies inflate prices and it ripples through the cost of every product in this country.
None of that will matter, because Americans will do what they do best, stick together, stand together and fight another day for that hope and living that hope for a better tomorrow as we create it together.
This 4th of July, Thank you to all the men and women who serve this country and protect our freedom to hope for a better tomorrow.... Thank you to the men and women in our military, thank you to the families that allowed them to go, Thank you to the men and women who protect our country here, our Coast Guard and Border Patrol, our Policemen and Firemen, our Doctors, our Nurses, our Paramedics, and Thank you to the guy who goes to work at the local Hardware store, Thank you to those people that live their lives everyday, unafraid and out there, creating new hope and a fresh start every day. May we live up to the legacy you give us every day....
Happy 4th of July
The reality is hard times exist all the time. Sometimes a region will have flooding, another will have fires, another will have financial problems. In our saddest times a whole nation may be affected, whether its gas prices or towers and lives destroyed by extremists bent on revenge. In those times we remember to pull together, bound together by tragedy and indignation.
So what happens when we are bent over with struggle, trying to survive economic downturns or changes in economy? Hope is our call. It will be contagious. For some of us, our hope is in God, for others it's hope based on days gone by, where we learned that tomorrow does come and can be a better day than today was. For some, we see a future that is different than the past, there is hope and belief that we can work towards a better day tomorrow, next week, next month and next year.
My belief and my personal goal is to pass that hope on to others. When I see a discouraged look or downturned eyes, I want to remind that person that they are in a country founded on God and founded on hope. If we encourage each other and share that hope with each other, tomorrow can be a better day. It won't matter if OPEC scrambles for more money, it won't matter if oil companies inflate prices and it ripples through the cost of every product in this country.
None of that will matter, because Americans will do what they do best, stick together, stand together and fight another day for that hope and living that hope for a better tomorrow as we create it together.
This 4th of July, Thank you to all the men and women who serve this country and protect our freedom to hope for a better tomorrow.... Thank you to the men and women in our military, thank you to the families that allowed them to go, Thank you to the men and women who protect our country here, our Coast Guard and Border Patrol, our Policemen and Firemen, our Doctors, our Nurses, our Paramedics, and Thank you to the guy who goes to work at the local Hardware store, Thank you to those people that live their lives everyday, unafraid and out there, creating new hope and a fresh start every day. May we live up to the legacy you give us every day....
Happy 4th of July
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