Day 315 – Fallen Soldiers

Today was Remembrance Day. A day to remember, and to give thanks for the sacrifice that so many have made, all around the world, to provide us with the freedoms that we are so lucky, and naive, to take for granted. Let us hope that we never forget so that we may try to avoid repeating the same mistakes. We spend so much time being self absorbed, focusing on our own lives, entrenching ourselves in a perceived notion of our own self importance. Convincing ourselves that we are so much more deserving/more intelligent/more significant than others around us.

Wouldn’t this world be a wonderful place if people turned their focus a little more on others and, through the simple act of caring for others instead, worked towards some degree of equality rather than finding a way of profiting from weaknesses. Could war someday become a dusty memory of the past? I hope so. I would love to live in a world where war was something that the next generation didn’t have as a part of their vocabulary.

My wish for people is that we could slow down and stop worrying about ourselves so much, and remember what others gave so we could live this life we live.

A FB friend posted something interesting on their wall today, I’d like to share it here – British Salute

And a video that circulated awhile back and which another FB friend posted today –

– Lest we forget –