Just a short note to say Thank you! Life is hard, good friends make it easier. So Thanks to everyone out there who is fighting the good fight. Whether that be a daily internal struggle to stay sober, keep yourself clean, stay off the streets, keep you suicidal inner voice at bay, battle your own depression, your OCD, or all the other daily battles we can all fight. Keep fighting! The world, my world, is a better place because you are in it. Every day, yes every day.  Whether you are fighting a constant physical battle of pain due to migraines, cancer, arthritis, or all the other ways our bodies can hurt and be injured, Thank you for persevering. Your continued light makes my world better and brighter. Whether you are fighting the system to get you or yours what you or they have been promised, are entitled to by law, or by basic common sense, Thank you! My world is better for your hard work to change the system. Whether you are fighting to make life better for others, to light a light in darkness, to help others achieve independence, racial justice, rights, freedom, citizenship, Thank you! My world, my community, my city, my neighborhood is better due to your hard work. Whether you are fighting for the environment, fighting pollution, global warming, and/or increased antibiotic resistance, Thank you.  Sometimes these are the hardest battles to fight, but our future as a world and a species depend on you.  Whether you are fighting to bring light into the world through art, through games, through literature, through the news media, Thank you! You make my world more beautiful, fun, and informed every day I breathe. Whether you are fighting political injustices, world injustices, fascism, totalitarianism, or all other things we are threatened with, Thank you.  You protect my world and all of our world today and in the future.  Lastly thank you for all of you who serve and protect our country every day, and thank you to your families who worry about you and support you.  We would not be free if not for the brave men and women who do this work, every hour of every day.

We are all in this together and we all have a part to play in this great dance of life. I am here for you, just let me know how I can help.

© words by Dan DeMarle 2017