My freedom to simply walk into a store to buy items that I may need or just simply want.
My freedom to walk on the trails of an Audubon Society in my town.
My freedom to see my kids attend school.
My freedom to eat at a restaurant.
My freedom to go to work.
Going to the store to buy toilet paper and when it's not there on the shelf I freak out.
Going outside to walk at a park, on a trail, or at the beach. Signs are posted, CLOSED. Ropes stop my entrance.
Going to school is now sitting at a desk in their bedrooms. No socializing with friends. No contact with teachers.
Going to a restaurant is null & void.
Going to work. Not a chance.
Now I think about all the people in other parts of the globe that do not have the luxury of going into a store to purchase their needs when they need it. Never mind a pair of shoes just because they want to update the latest style. Or walk anywhere they choose, attend school of their choice, eat out some place, and safely go to work.
Waiting in line I thought how many times have I complained that a store is not meeting my needs. That the beach have too many people. Hearing my kids complain they had to go to school. Belly aching that the restaurant I like made my food too cold and on Mondays dreading the idea of getting up early and going off to work.
Those are freedoms that I took for granted each and every day!
Imagine.
I try to learn from everything that I experience. The lesson for me with this stay at home order is that I am blessed to live in the greatest country on the planet with all of our freedoms. I can not wait to go shopping, take a walk on a trail or beach, watch my kids go into school, go out for dinner, and get back to work.
God Bless America.
God Bless the World.
We need it.
