Contributed by: filbert Monday, May 26 2008 @ 09:41 AM CST
Take a moment to meditate upon this cruel Earth, populated by people who wish you well, and those who wish you ill.
Contemplate the saying “Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
Today is the day when we remember those rough men (and rough women, nowadays) who have given their full measure so that we may sleep peaceably in their beds. Most of those rough men and women did not wish to die, but they did. They died for us, as some who are called to serve must do.
This is why we honor them, on this day. Actually, they deserve honor on every day, but this one is set aside. For them.
Thank you, all you rough men and rough women, active and reserve, serving and retired, living . . . and passed on. You are honored and remembered.