This may be a bit early, but do not forget to remember the fallen who gave their lives to protect us and their countries. May they all rest in peace, knowing there are a great deal many who carry their torches on in the land of the living and doing their best.

Praise and remembrance to all soldiers.
~LG/LV

Howdy folks,

Most years I write a reflection on Veterans Day (Remembrance Day in many countries). This year, I regretfully do not have time. Instead, I would like to issue a simple call to action:

Charities are hit hard by COVID. Veterans charities are suffering right now. That means veterans are suffering. Men and women coming home from war often need help for any number of reasons, ranging from a lack of employment to dealing with post traumatic stress or physical disabilities.

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So much has the world known pain and death since the beginning but, never before has the world faced the horrors ever before like WW2 and countless other wars.

I'd like for all of us to remember those who've given up their lives so that we, the current and the future generations to come, may live peacefully and avoid the horrors they've gone through.

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Humans are imperfect beings. Yet, we strive to improve, both ourselves and those around us. We try to make the world better. We sacrifice for each other. In a word, we love each other.

The most heroic act of love we can conceive is to lay down one’s life for another, whether that be in the sense of dying to self in living sacrifice for another, or in giving one’s life to protect another.

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