Memorial Day: Give Thanks to Those Who Serve

May 27, 2019

For most of us going about our daily business at our desks or in our cars or toiling or playing we give no thought to why we are able to do these things and what things would be like if someone stopped us, killed us or imprisoned us for believing, speaking or even getting together with other people.

We are blissfully unaware of the fact that we have our lives, our children, our families, relatives, friends and co-workers because we are the beneficiaries of a profound commitment to service given by people literally willing to die and who actually die in the service of our country. But for them we would all speaking German or Japanese or maybe Russian or Chinese. Our concept of who we are and the nature of our country would not currently exist but for the intensive and continuous efforts of those who are willing to fight so we don’t need to fight.

Memorial Day is but one day out of 365 in which we give any acknowledgment of this profound truth of our world and our nation. We give thanks to those who have fought at the request of our country. Their commitment is the backbone of our existence. Our commitment to the duties of citizenship should be the way we give thanks to their personal sacrifices including those of their families.