#MusicMonday

"Freedom ain't something we got free

Somebody paid a price for life and liberty

So you always stand and fight for what you believe

'Cause boy, freedom sure ain't free"

It's easy to take freedom for granted when that's all we've ever known. Not everyone in history has been so blessed though. Plenty of people throughout time have fought for freedom and even paid the ultimate price for it. It is to some of them that we owe the freedom we've enjoyed for much of our lifetimes. I expect the day is fast approaching (if not already here) when we will have to decide what freedom is worth to us, and either give it up or pay the price to keep it. What kind of future do we want for ourselves and generations to come? Let's stand and fight for what we believe, cause freedom don't come free.

Freedom Sure Ain't Free by Lawson Bates

#MusicMonday

"I thought that my problems were so bad

Until I saw all the things that they didn't have

It got me to thinking how can we complain

When they're living in a world where there's so much hurt and pain

They don't know if they'll ever see a brighter day

I thought I had problems until today"

It's easy to think our lives are filled with difficulty and problems . . . until we gain some perspective. 

It's hard to complain about queuing to enter a supermarket (instead of at the checkout), waiting a few minutes to enter the dairy, and not being allowed to sit in heavy traffic (with a manual car) when people on the same planet are dying of starvation, struggling to find clean drinking water, and being trafficked. 

When I turn my focus outward and away from myself, both around the globe and back through history, I quickly discover my life is nowhere near as bad as I first thought and most of my "problems" are really very trivial.

I Thought I Had Problems by Lawson Bates