Courage

Where do you find courage?

Is it something inherently within us or do we acquire it?

I believe it’s a little of both.

It lies dormant until called forth.

Challenges can bring out both the best and the worst in us.

Today it is fashionable for the news media to cover mobs of anarchists and thugs whose only mission in life is to destroy something good and then blame their actions, their “plight” in life on someone or something else. 

It doesn’t take courage to smash windows and burn down homes.

These are acts of cowardice by cowards.      

We need a complete turnaround in this country if we are to survive as a people and as a nation. 

And we need to be focusing on what unites us, not what divides us.

I want to thank Law Enforcement, EMS and volunteer Fire Fighters who risk their lives everyday keeping the rest of us safe.

You are the men and women with the courage necessary in order to do your jobs.   

And you do your jobs tirelessly with little fanfare, limited equipment, limited training and last, but not least, limited budgets. 

We can raise millions to fund politicians but can’t seem to find the money necessary to support our own local emergency services along with the men and women who willingly go out and risk their lives every day, on behalf of all of us.    

Shameful.