… they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. — Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 I’m not a historian, but I am fascinated by the founding of our country and the grand experiment over the years. If I were a historian I might know…

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A natural tendency as we get older is to harden and become cynical. We lose our youthful optimism and hope. It reminds me of the opening scene in one of my favorite movie, The Big Chill, where the preacher laments, “Where Did Hope Go?” Yet if we look around, if we are aware, we see examples…

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