Fellow Americans

We have issues in our country that need to be addressed and resolved. In reverse order, we have a spending and debt issue, we have a moral issue and we have a God issue.

We are now borrowing almost $200,000,000(Two Hundred Million Dollars) every hour of everyday and have accumulated over $5,000,000,000,000 (Five Trillion Dollars) in the debt the last couple of years. Not only is this unsustainable, it is absolutely nuts. Our government is printing all this money out of thin air with one hand and purchasing it with the other hand. And all those bad mortgages that almost collapsed the financial system in 2008, our government now owns them. We are going to hit the wall in the not to distance future and we are going to hit it hard. We have no one to blame but ourselves as we become complacent and have not held our politicians accountable. We have an obligation as American citizens to make sure our country is solvent and our name is good. I believe there will come a time in the not too distance future that the rest of the world will demand that we pay our debts and may not accept our dollars. This could get ugly real fast.

We have a tremendous moral issue in this country. Simply put, we do not tell the truth anymore and nowhere is it more evident than in Washington DC. Politicians may tell part of the truth, some of the truth, half of the truth but rarely the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Take the recent budget deal for instance. $38,000,000,000 (thirty-eight billion dollars) in cuts were only a few million in reality after all the accounting tricks and slight of hand. I am not sure about you, but I am getting tired of people spending my hard earned money on items that give me no return. Washington is not the only culprit either. Do you tell the truth all the time? Are your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues at work totally honest with you? As a result of not telling the truth, we do not trust each other anymore. We do not trust our government, our politicians, our colleagues at work, our neighbors or our family members. Truth, honesty and trust are the fabric that holds society together and ours is coming apart. We must confront this issue and decide our fate. We must demand truth and honesty.

Finally, we have a God issue or a lack of God issue in this country. I am talking about the one true and living God, the maker of the heavens and earth, the giver and sustainer of life and the one who sent His son to atone for the sins of the world. If we go back to the Mayflower Compact, this country was founded for the Glory of God and for the advancement of the Christian Faith. Our forefathers and founding fathers frequently called upon God for strength and guidance. Our country was blessed and prospered because of our belief and trust in Him. We were a God fearing nation, fought wars against evil causes and lived our lives to the best of our ability as Christ lived his. We were not perfect but we had our hearts in the right place and took care of our family, our neighbors, our community, our countrymen and the world. We have lost our way, become too comfortable, too complacent, too busy and totally diminished the role of God in our lives and our country. I am just a guilty as my fellow countrymen. As a result, we are losing God’s blessing and darkness has cast its shadow over our country and the world. We need at Re-Awakening and a Revival throughout our country to get back to our roots.

So I beseech you fellow Americans to stand up for your beliefs, to stand up for our American values, to be counted, to change the course of this once great country or to be buried in history with all the other great civilizations.

While I am a firm believer in teaching our children to say no to drugs, say no to bullying and say no to hate and many other things, I would like to remind parents and all our other audiences about the power of teaching and reinforcing positive values, beliefs and behaviors. Now that our children know what not to do, let’s make sure that they know who they are and how we want them to behave.

We teach our children and the schools that participate in our programs to LiveOurValuesEveryday!!! and share L.O.V.Everyday!!! Looking at life through the prism of L.O.V.Everyday!!! gives them the right outlook and right attitude for life. Basic values like honesty, respect, responsibilty, caring and making good choices give them a road map for daily living and allow us as parents to teach, coach and mentor them as they are growing up. Our children become and are defined by the values, beliefs and behaviors they are taught and choose to live.

Visually reinforcing the values, beliefs and behaviors that you choose to teach are a powerful tool in the process. Most of us are visual learners and if we write down the values, beliefs and behaviors that we want to teach our kids and put them in a visible location like the bathroom mirror, this will help immensely in seeing that our family name and legacy is perserved. Using the terms LiveOurValuesEveryday!!! and reminding our children to share L.O.V.Everyday!!! gives you a brand that can easily be remembered for a lifetime. For additional suggestions, visit our website, http://www.liveourvalueseveryday.com/

Let’s L, O, V, E everyday!!! Live Our Values Everyday!!!

That’s the chorus of our song that we offer schools as part of our visual reinforcement techniques. But what exactly does sharing L.O.V.Everyday!!! mean in real life?

L.O.V.Everyday!!! is our slogan that will give us the right outlook, attitude and focus in life. LOVE is in our nature and why we were put here in the first place. We need to share it! L.O.V.Everyday!!! reminds us that we are here to help our family, friends, neighbors and community. It’s not what we have that matters, it is what we share that makes a difference. If you take time to think about it, we leave our reputation, the values we have instilled in our children and memories with people that we have met in life’s journey when we pass from this world.

Sharing L.O.V.Everyday!!! will allow each of us to leave a lasting legacy.

Let’s L, O, V, E everyday!!! Live Our Values Everyday!!!
(To hear the complete song which we customize for each school, click on the school program tab.)