#veteransday
FREEDOM AND VETERANS DAY
Today we celebrate our Veterans, it’s a day to formally address
and thank the veterans for the freedoms we Americans possess.
Our veterans are inextricably linked with our freedom…
ensuring our freedom is what all Veteran’s do
If you have ever doubted this…let me spell it out for you.
Freedom should be VALUED in this or any land
It is the right of every individual...something to demand.
Freedom, true freedom, when all is said and done
is not meant for just a few…it is meant for EVERYONE.
Freedom should be TREASURED and universally embraced…
It should never be taken for granted…dishonored or erased.
Freedom, as Abe Lincoln knew, is the last best hope on EARTH
It is one of the dreams we we pray for at the bedside of each birth.
Freedom must RADIATE from each of us, it’s a song the world must sing
from every church bell in the land…freedom should always ring.
Freedom derives from ACTION and should be the goal of you and me
that our actions help every person in this world say with confidence, “I am free.”
And though many of us in this country know freedom and feel blessed
we must remember NONE of us is truly free when others are oppressed.
Finally freedom is SPIRITUAL, it truly make a person whole
when the freedom in their heart matches the freedom in their soul.
But once our veteran’s ensure our freedom…once our freedom has been gained
It’s up to us to honor them…to show their fight was not in vain.
Because freedom hangs by a tenuous thread…as many with freedom have forgot…
and either everyone on Earth is free…or everyone is not.
So we pray for the day people everywhere will come and go as they please
that they’ll be afforded the ability to travel around the world with ease.
And as we honor and thank our Veterans today…
we pray for the day we will see
A world where everyone in every corner of this planet
is safe…secure…and free
