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cause we are awash in a sea of materialism. And then we have worries and concerns: We are worried about nuclear war (If you’re reading this letter, it probably didn’t happen!), the spread of Communism, pollution, violent crime, the divorce rate, a strange new disease called AIDS, unemployment, and the quality of American education. There is also this terrible confusion about morality.
“And what about your times? You might have solved the problems and contradictions of my times, but I would bet that you have a whole new set of problems to anguish over. Human nature being what it is, I am certain that you will not have achieved the perfect society. But what undreamed of technological marvels you will know! At this moment I am trying to imagine how you will prepare a meal in the year 2083, and I am wondering if school is ever cancelled in your times because of heavy snow. Perhaps you long for the past, just as some of our parents yearn for “the good old days”. Rest assured that the 1980’s are nothing for you to wax sentimental about.
“In reflecting on life and time, I am certain, absolutely, of two things: The first is that the human race will survive. It will survive just as it has always survived because the human spirit is indomitable. Through wars, floods, plagues, earthquakes, whatever, the race has always emerged ready to continue the struggle.
The second certainty is that in all of our struggles, we are guided by a loving and Divine Spirit, our Shepherd through time and space. We are not alone.
“From the faraway past of 1983, I send you with sincerity my love and best wishes for a bright and proud future, and I wish you a happy and sparkling 4th of July.
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