Many of us had the privilege today of a day free from work - an opportunity to be with family, to relax, to catch up on tasks, to . . . So many opportunities. I know I have taken advantage of it. Why the holiday? Because one man chose to lend his voice to those that came before him and the many that followed in the fight for something that should not have required a fight; equal opportunity to take full advantage of being a citizen of the United States.
Oh, what a voice it turned out to be! We are a better country and a better people because he made this choice. We owe all those that started this fight and those that later joined him to show the rest of us what it means to live in a free society a great deal of thanks. I have done little to assist in this movement and feel inadequate to even comment, yet I reap the benefits and want to join in giving thanks and appreciation for being able to live in this better place because of them.
And tomorrow, a new voice. What will this voice bring to our world?
Oh, what a voice it turned out to be! We are a better country and a better people because he made this choice. We owe all those that started this fight and those that later joined him to show the rest of us what it means to live in a free society a great deal of thanks. I have done little to assist in this movement and feel inadequate to even comment, yet I reap the benefits and want to join in giving thanks and appreciation for being able to live in this better place because of them.
And tomorrow, a new voice. What will this voice bring to our world?
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