taking blessings for granted

On this eve of the Day of Atonment for the Jewish people, I would like to remind everyone that taking blessings for granted, such as the blessings of being a citizen of this greatest of nation, is to forget to value what you actually have. It is to forget that you are FREE to move about, FREE to follow your dream, FREE to work towards what you would like to achieve and FREE not to be harrassed by a government. Taking this for granted is to forget to value what our "Forefathers" have provided for us: that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among those are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. These gifts we have need to be cherished and we are responsible to see that we do our part to be worthy of them and hold on to them, as so many have given their very life to protect them. I pray that we all do the right thing to keep our blessings of freedom intact and not let them be destroyed by ideas, that are unamerican and falsehoods, which lead to that which our forefathers escaped from: subjugation and enslavement.