Your Declaration of Independence

Fourth of July 2008

On the Fourth of July, Independence Day in the U.S., we celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the formal declaration adopted by representatives of the Thirteen Colonies in North America announcing their separation from Great Britain and making them into the United States. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution and it has been the most important patriotic holiday ever since.

Thomas Jefferson courageously offered in his Declaration of Independence certain fundamental, timeless principles regarding all men and their coexistence with one another: each individual's inalienable right to his own life, his own liberty, and the pursuit of his own happiness.


“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

On this holiday representing personal freedoms and freedom from tyranny, while we are enjoying gatherings with family and friends, picnics, barbeques, parades and fireworks, may I suggest you take a little time and also contemplate your own contribution to your personal freedoms.


Ask yourself these questions:

1. Do I feel equal in value, potential and ability to my brothers and sisters? Or do I allow low self-esteem and error thoughts keep me from my freedom to express my talents and abilities?

2. Do I believe that happiness is my divine right and therefore open my mind and heart to receive the gifts of life and the Creator?

3. Do I take the liberty of stepping out in faith, trusting in life to support me, knowing that I can never be alienated from the Universal source of supply and knowing that Life will meet me on my terms if I freely and boldly take action?

4. Do I allow the absolute tyranny of negative thinking and past conditioning to taint the colors of my present existence and keep me from experiencing the red of valor and bravery, the white of purity and innocence, and the blue of vigilance and perseverance? (actual symbolism of the U.S. flag colors)

5. Do I consider the unlimited abundance of the Universe in the stars, considered a symbol of the heavens and the divine goal to which man has aspired from time immemorial, and the stripes, symbolic of the rays of light emanating from the Sun? (actual symbolism of the U.S. flag)  Do I open my mind to receive my share of this vast abundance and allow myself to be warmed and nurtured by the Divine Light?

Or do I limit my concept of freedom to an extra day off from work and hot dogs?

Something to consider.

~ Marilyn

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