CELEBRATING FREEDOM

FREEDOM IS SOMETHING THAT ON A DAY TO DAY BASES IN WESTERNISED NATIONS WE
FOR THE MOST PART TAKE COMPLETELY FOR GRANTED. I KNOW THAT WITHIN MY LIFE TIME I HAVE NEVER WOKEN UP THINKING ABOUT THE FREEDOM I HAVE, I ACTUALLY NEVER THINK ABOUT IT AT ALL! DO YOU? I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT TOO MUCH ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMAN OF HISTORY WHO GAVE MUCH AND SOME THERE LIFES FOR THE FREEDOM I TAKE FOR GRANTED, AND EVEN THOUGH I FEEL DEEPLY FOR THE SOLDIERS DYING CURRENTLY, IT DID NOT FOR SOME REASON CROSS OVER TO BECOME A BELIEF THAT THIS IS ABOUT MY RIGHT TO BE FREE.
I HAVE THIS WEEK WATCHED TWO INTERVIEWS WITH WOMAN WHO HAVE HAD ALL THEIR RIGHTS STRIPPED FROM THEM, WHO DID NOT EVEN HAVE THE FREEDOM TO GO TO THE BATHROOM WITHOUT PERMISSION. AFTER FEELING ANGER AT THEIR CAPTIVES AND ADMIRATION FOR THEIR BRAVERY; I WONDER HOW I WOULD FARE IF MY FREEDOM WAS TAKEN FROM ME IN A HEARTBEAT. I WOULD HOPE I WOULD RISE TO THE OCCASSION, BUT MY FIRST FEELINGS WOULD BE OF FEAR AND DISPAIR. I KNOW I WOULD GET ANGER AND WOULD LASH OUT, COULD I TAKE THE PUNISHMENT? THAT I DON'T KNOW, AS I HAVE NEVER WALKED THAT PATH. I LIKE TO BELIEVE I WOULD REMAIN STRONG, BUT AGAIN I COULD SEE HOW EASY IT WOULD BE TO DRIFT INTO APATHY.
ALL I KNOW IS I AM TODAY SO THANKFUL TO LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY WHERE I CAN
CELEBRATE MY BELIEFS, MY RIGHTS, MY WOMANHOOD....SO I AM GOING TO SIT IN SILENCE AND SEND THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE ME AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER ME, ALL OF THOSE BRAVE SOULS WHO ALLOW ME MY FREEDOM!

BLESSINGS BE
DEBRA RAE