Giving Thanks

Just reading the comments here has confirmed why we owe a great debt of gratitude to those brave souls who risked, and in some cases lost, all to establish this unique nation with the amalgam of values we enjoy today. While some would disagree that a kind and loving Deity had much to do with it I know the opposite to be true. Think of it folks; why were you born here and now rather than in other places and times wherein you would not have the advantages we do? My belief is that we are here to do the work available to us with the blessings given to us for the betterment of as many of us as possible. It is easy to carp, complain, whine, and rant at a particular circumstance or condition. It is hard to change it for the better. We are...