Every breath that I breathe, I thank God for allowing me to be born an American. I thank him for helping America and the allies to win the war against Germany and the Japanese. Everyday, ideas and thoughts flood my head of how different life would be for me if I lived in a country ruled by a communistic government. Then my mind pleads for sanctuary, as I muse upon the thought of being in a country where a person is degraded or slaughtered for being different from what the ruling population considers normal. Veteran's Day is not just a day that is celebrated to commemorate those who fought that war so valiantly, but it is also a day for me to focus upon what they fought for.
Freedom is a thing that many people residing in the United States of America take for granted.
I cherish the gift. Every day that I am presented with a decision to make, whether or not I make the right decision, I am thankful that I even possess the choice to make the decision. Some of the choices that I have made, and that I will make in the future will be life altering. I am grateful that I live in a country where it is a right granted to the people to make the decisions that will mold their lives. I am forever in debt and thankful to those who risked their lives, and to those who lost s6me one important, some one they held dear so that I could make the decisions that I now make freely.