Lives Worthy of the Sacrifice: A Cum Laude and National Honor Society Speech

This post came back to mind for me today as we enjoy the Memorial Day Weekend. In particular I remembered this paragraph: “Throughout history and literature is the demand that we remember those who have sacrificed everything for others. Quite right—remembrance is an appropriate demand, but it is really only the least that we can do. The more vital statement of demand, and where this gets difficult, is to live a life worthy of the sacrifices others have made for us. The demand is to make something valuable from our blessings—our families, our education, our opportunities, and our faith.”