This week we celebrate Independence Day.

It is a day to remember our independence as a nation—a beautiful thing.

It’s a day that we honor the men, women, and families who took a risk to step out against the status quo and create a nation based on values and principles that they believed in. May we all have at least a smidge of that morality, courage, and loyalty.

While we enjoy time this week with our neighbors, family, good food, and fireworks, may we also reflect on the passions in our own lives that are worth standing up for, taking risks for, and setting free from the status quo.

Let freedom ring.