School Bells Ring Out: Will Purpose Persist for Our Children?

With 9/11's eleventh anniversary that remembers thousands to perished in that act of terror, and rising "loners" massacres mounting, school bells chime once more.

Parents must wonder what awaits their youngsters in fledgling schools that seem to have lost their way, or, at least sufficient supplies for students.

"The only foundation for a republic is to be laid in religion.  Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments," said Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence and member of the Continental Congress.

Liberty is held hostage by those who lack purpose, meaning, and, an aim for daily living. 

Government can't fix issues of the soul and inner core of one's conscience.

More mandates and laws don't seem to be the solution to problems we face. 

Divisions in our hearts, land, streets, and in Washington, D.C., run rampant.  All battles, evil begins within the recesses of one's soul.

People have to mend these moral issues of the soul.

Joblessness, unemployment, babies born out of wedlock, high school drop outs, deaths in and outside the womb with war, and more, must morph from within.

Awakening of a sleeping nation now is a need in a culture that has lost its way.

Standing up while others choose to sit will alone help to solve these issues.  Government cannot heal our souls.

Faith can.  Religion will.

Virtue will see us through.

And, all along the way, children will be watching adults.

They will.

And, they may turn out just like dad or mom amid single-parent homes.

Meaning helps one to get through almost any obstacle, history shows.

Parents and teachers can give aim, purpose and meaning to children by motivating them to be their best in the classroom, at home, and in the community. Parents are the first teachers.

We all can do better as bells ring out for school once more.