Today is a day for remembering those who put on a uniform and have the passion to fight for a cause. That cause is us, people they don’t even know. They don’t know each of our lots in life, but yet they are out there fighting for our right to have the lives we have now. Look at where you are today. You may love the life you are living. If so, take a moment to give gratitude for those making it possible. If you don’t particularly like what your life is today, give gratitude that you have freedom to change it if you so choose. Maybe today in honor of those fighting for your right to choose, pledge to make one small change that will improve your current situation. This incremental change you make today may seem minuscule, but it could alter the course of your life. The first principle of the modern “Chaos Theory”, simplified, says “that a tiny change at the beginning of a process will result in potentially major changes later on in that process”. Sailors have always known that a minor error in setting their course at the beginning of a journey will result in major deviation from their destination the longer the journey continues. Thus, if you were sailing from Cape Cod to France, the error of a few degrees could land you in Africa. This theory, applied to a small positive change made in your life today, could significantly change the destiny of your future journey.
Today, embrace what you DO have and your right to have it, and/or change it, in honor of those willing to fight for your freedom to do so.
And so, as another day goes by, “I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free, and I won’t forget the men who lived and died for me”* , and….I have written.
* Proud To Be An American ~ Lee Greenwood
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