Respect

Having the Tampa Bay Lightning Team Win the Stanley Cup Championship last night certainly brings Tampa back into the winning circle….
Like the Bucs from previous years of loosing and loosing and loosing and then………winning the Super Bowl in 2003.….
Well, it just changes things, doesn‘t it?
Also, on today’s news as we celebrate the life of former President Ronald Reagan…..after a week-end of viewing the Normandy landings of 60 years ago by our brave military in World War II
…….one word comes to mind……
R E S P E C T….
Respect means to feel or show honor or esteem for; hold in high regard.
It is with great pleasure that I see ’respect’ coming to life again in the good ole U.S.A.
Our Chuckie/Pipo told of wearing his Marine Uniform in Indianapolis and being stopped over and over and have people thank him for his service to our country…..He has not been to Iraq yet the uniform brought respect from the heart of many people.
A person without respect inside….will not or can not show….respect.
It is a mark of ‘great humility’ to show respect……for that which is honorable, noble, sacred, and worthy of the recognition of authentic greatness.
This is why…..I respect and salute…..The American Flag.
Our flag represents the price paid, by fellow Americans, for the freedom and blessings we enjoy in this Land of Plenty.
America is certainly due our respect as…..The Land of the Free and still the Home of the Brave!
God Bless America!