Today is #VeteransDay, the day where our Nation honors the women and men who have stepped forward and answered when our nation has called.
As such, we owe them and their families a depth of gratitude for their sacrifice and dedication to the principles of our country, which extends beyond platitudes. They will hear the saying, “Thank you for your service” many times today.
While this is a more than appropriate expression of gratitude encourage you all to do more. I encourage you thank a veteran through your actions as well as your words. Remember, these men and women have sacrificed some of the best years of their lives on our behalf.
So, I ask you to simply take pause and reflect on this, and to be the best American you can be. Embrace the principles and values which our veterans defended. Be engaged citizens. Be the best teacher, mechanics, bankers, lawyers, or doctors that you can.
Attempt to understand that when a young man or woman is forced to come of age under fire, that this is something they will never get back. Through that I ask that we be thoughtful and deliberate before we ask them to fight on foreign soil. Let us live by their example.
So in remembrance of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when the guns fell silent and of all those who served our nation on land, sea, in the skies, or the outer reaches of space, let us as a country thank them all by giving their sacrifice meaning.
