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Btw: I am wanting to have a few guest bloggers or writers on my site. I’ve already asked Sandy Carlson since she wrote a marvelous piece on “Rejection and Acceptance” which I will be posting on my site very soon. You always have such good things to say and even though I know you don’t have your own blog, I was wondering if you would write something for my site. I was thinking of something like, “What makes life worth living for you?” or, “What has been the greatest lesson in life for you?” It can be any such theme and I would leave it up to you. It can be as long or short as you would like and I would post it here on my site. Let me know what you think Jimmy.

Let me take a stab at it. We cannot have responsible citizens unless we have educated citizens. So, one of our responsibilities is to be sure our educational system is, in fact, educating our future citizens.

But what of the adult, educated citizen?
Are we not responsible to keep track of what our government representatives are doing? To vote as wisely as possible? To make our voices heard by our represenatatives? To serve when called upon: on juries, in elected office, in the military, on school boards, and such other civic duties which we are called to perform?

It seems to me that we are also responsible for joining in the open debate of ideas, being alert to infringements on freedom of speech, calling attention to, and trying to make right, any injustices.

There is, in a free society, a social contract in effect. However, it is worthless if it isn’t entered into willingly by all parties. Those who have fallen by the wayside or had bad luck deserve the help and concern of their fellow citizens. They in turn have the responsibility to give their best efforts to recovering their independence.

And all this just scratches the surface. As they say, “Freedom isn’t really free.”