Kenneth Sims decided that I needed to get out of the house, so he took me to see Godzilla. I liked it, but, more so than that, it reminded me of the following:
The Mister listens to a series of podcasts based around technology. When the tragedy at the Boston Marathon happened, one of the hosts, who lives in New England, got serious for a moment. He commented that for him one of the most striking images of the entire situation was that of the First Responders suppressing their natural instincts and running TOWARD potential danger when everyone else was scattering and running away.
The scenes of ruined streets and buildings in today’s movie reminded me of this.
So, I would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly thank you. Nurses, Doctors, EMTs, military personnel, firemen, police, National Guard, State Troopers. All of you who put yourself on the front lines. All of you who deal with the blood and guts and way down nastiness of life. All of you who put yourself between my family and anything that threatens our safety.
For the sleepless nights, I thank you.
For going without food, I thank you.
For stumbling into buildings with no light and little air, I thank you.
For caring about your community, I thank you.
For sewing up wounds, I thank you.
For fighting all kinds of evils, I thank you.
For running into the unknown, I thank you.
For not thinking of your own safety, I thank you.
For the voluntary separation from your family, I thank you.
For shouldering burdens so I don’t have to, I thank you.
For keeping secrets that I really don’t wanna know, I thank you.
For doing what has to be done so others don’t have to do it, I thank you.
Thank you for my safety.
Thank you for my freedom.
Thank you for my rights.
Thank you for my loved ones.
Thank you for my country.
Thank you for running INTO things while the rest of us are running OUT.
I am sorry I take you for granted.
You will never know how deeply blessed I am.