3 July, 2017
Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher,
101 Main
Street #380
Huntington
Beach, CA 92648
Dear
Congressman,
May I
wish you an early Happy Fourth? A birthday is always a good time for gratitude
and celebration, and today we have much to be grateful for despite the
difficult times in which we find ourselves.
Most of
what I’m grateful for, I have to say, has to do with the immediate
circumstances of my life: my wife and family, our friends, the good fortune we
enjoy with all life’s benefits that come our way. Like you, we live in a part
of the world where material suffering is minimal and abundance is everywhere
around us. We here in Southern California are indeed amongst the most privileged
people in the world.
Let’s keep
a place in our hearts, then, as we celebrate our freedom and good fortune, for
those less fortunate—in our own midst, and throughout this troubled world; and
commit to the notion that our good fortune is something we are given to share,
not hoard for ourselves.
That is
my Buddhist thought for the day. I trust that you may return to your work in
Congress with this spirit kept in heart and mind.
Respectfully,
Peter
Clothier, Ph.D.
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