Our Freedom

There is an aura of grandeur about the dull routine of maintenance.... It is easier to build than to maintain. Even a lethargic or debilitated population can be galvanized for a while to achieve something impressive, but the energy that goes into maintenance of things in good repair day in and day out is the energy of true vigor.... It is easier to win our freedom, build a nation and subdue a continent, than it is now to maintain that freedom, and live peaceably with ourselves.

-- Eric Hoffer and Clifton G. M. Kerr

Baking by George Hodan

What can I add to such simple truth? All I have to do is look at my bedroom to see the logic behind this statement. Or even dishes... bake a beautiful cake =  messy pan, bowl, spatula, whisk, etc. And yet, we clean it up, and bake a cake another day. Why? Because the reward is so much greater. Our freedom is so precious. So beautiful and unique. We must step up and be valiant to protect our freedom. The taste is too great to savor only to lose it now. We have something special here in America that many places don't have. We have freedom. It is up to us now to maintain that freedom. -- Kenzie