Any great nation or civilized community used to know without waiver that honoring the generations that preceded them was part of the anchor that would continue to hold them up. As each person traveled their life’s journey and learned valuable lessons, they were passed down so future generations could benefit from them and not have to continually reinvent the wheel.  The price was never cheap for the miraculous strides that have been made in the medical profession, technology fields or the freedom that some foolishly believe came so easy.

There is a sadness  in the air for those individuals who have lost sight or been so far removed from having to struggle that they take for granted what could so easily be lost if they continue to blind themselves to the things that matter, like the constitution, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and due process of law.

I was a child that was born in the Baby Boomer era, that time after World War II, when our soldiers came home with the victory of knowing that they were free to start a family, buy a home and live their passions. As a child in that era, we used to be able to run and play until it got dark outside and our parents didn’t worry that we had been kidnapped. They actually believed that independence was good for us.  They didn’t worry if we drank out of the garden hose, or climbed trees and actually went into a neighbors house for a drink of Kool-Aid. Most kids didn’t know what drugs were, that is nothing more than aspirin.  So we lived believing that if something went wrong, God or our Parents could make it right.

Are we to live in the past? Of course not, but we are not to leave it behind either. A responsible society should add to the good things and let go of the bad.

The Baby Boomer generation is perhaps the largest single generation that has lived in this country.  We have been in on the ground floor of some of man’s greatest strides. We had Steve Jobs, and look what the world is like today because of him.

We probably understand many more things about our health than most , because we knew what it was like to live without having to consume Genetically Modified Foods. If we ate white bread it probably didn’t kill us because it was at least bread made with wheat that wasn’t fiddled with so much.

Boomer’s everywhere, I urge you to stand up for your country, your hero’s, and the youth so they can learn from your wisdom, your example and your faith.  We still have a lot of work to do!