Silhouette........

Word of the Day........ Silhouette.....n.,....outline figure. There are many silhouettes in today's world that are very recognizable. If you're of a certain 'age', you will never forget the silhouette of Alfred Hitchcock before his television show started. Italy....the silhouette of a boot. The Great State of Texas.....as opposed to...let's say Idaho's silhouette.....one very recognizable and one not so much. The Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower...there are many famous silhouettes we can recognize. I hate my silhouette...thanks to the girl in that long ago volleyball game who planted her elbow between my eyes, thus breaking my nose. But let's think of SILHOUETTE in a totally different way. Each of us has been given a life that is a silhouette. An outline to be filled in.....to be colored....in hues and tints that make our lives unique. How are you filling in your God given silhouette? Are you using dark colors that destroy and discourage? Are you just throwing colors in your silhouette with no rhyme or reason, hoping that at some point it makes sense? Or perhaps and hopefully you're coloring with vividness that shines and brightens and pours out support and inspiration, that stimulates and animates and boosts others. Today we celebrate freedom( see you KNEW I'd get around to this sooner or later didn't you?). The heroes of American freedom filled in their SILHOUETTES with courage and conviction. They filled their silhouettes in with purpose and sacrifice. And to this day and everyday we still have those who are filling in their outlines with giving back and protecting and serving. You may not be on the front lines of a war, you may not be in foreign lands representing the United States of America. You may not think that this nation is as great,as powerful, as awesome as it once was....but please, if only for today, fill in part of your SILHOUETTE with pride for those who have fought and died for Her....for those who still live with the scars of war......for those who aren't home today celebrating with cook-outs and fireworks. I ask that .....if only for today....you color part of your silhouette RED,WHITE AND BLUE!