-Elanor Roosevelt
I don't usually post about the happenings in the world... but I spent most of the day yesterday watching 9/11 footage and reading about the violence going on in the Middle East... It reminded me of something an old high school teacher used to say, and the wording is probably off, but it is something that has stuck with me... "Freedoms are responsibilities, so use them wisely." I don't know if I really understood in High School what that meant... but I find the older I am the more I understand the meaning behind his words... Our freedoms are precious, and what I don't think we realize after having them for the last 236 years, is that they can always be taken away... they are a luxury that few other countries get to enjoy. In fact 9/11 is a prime example of nearly 3,000 people being stripped of their freedom, and countless others that are still not free from that day. We need to be responsible with the things we are blessed enough to have, and use them wisely instead of constantly and relentlessly abusing the privilege that our forefathers gave us.
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