In celebrating our privilege of freedom today, we have arrived in this “present moment,” through a great deal of sacrifice, courage, and a sense of continuing struggle from those who have preceded us, and for those who valiently safeguard our “way of life.” So much was given for our present values, intrinsic beliefs and sustaining freedoms, that taking just a brief moment in reflective awareness through “gratitude and humility” for our fundamental quality of life, acknowledges our many blessings. JLR
