The 4th of July in America - Independence Day.

How many of us truly introspect about the significance of this date?

Here's the key paragraph in the Declaration of Independence:

"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. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

Interesting how the importance of the 'Creator' was so front and center in the minds of the founding fathers of the USA.

Interesting how what is stated in just that one paragraph is still so freshly applicable to places around the world today.

John Adams (one of the founding fathers of the USA, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and later to become the 2nd U.S. President) stated in a letter in early July 1776 to his wife Abigail about this date:

"I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."

Here's wishing everyone a great 4th of July
- rejoice, reflect, remind, reinvigorate!