Saturday, July 4, 2015

What Freedom is

Freedom, the fatuous jingle of our civilization. But only those deprived of it have the barest inkling of what it really is.

Timothy Cavendish from "Cloud Atlas"
 
By no means am I calling freedom fatuous, rather the opposite. By putting this quote up, I want our appreciation of freedom to grow. As we celebrate our independence today, I want us all to take a moment to appreciate the sacrifices that have been made, and are continuing to be made, in order for us to have our freedom. If we were to lose the people and events that have led up to, and continue to provide us, our freedom, we would truly come to understand how previous our freedom is. I just hope the day will never come when we could be deprived of our freedom, because it is too wonderful to lose.
Happy Fourth of July!

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