To the World’s Honorable Heads of State:
To the right is a picture of my great nephew Cameron. He’s quite handsome, don’t you think? Of course, I am slightly biased based on my kinship with him and that is understandable. But, I just wanted you to know the reason behind this communiqué.
Some time ago, while watching CNN, I saw two political and world analysts debating the state of the planet at the moment. Both were saying that World War III is inevitable and that conditions are favorable, especially in the Middle East, China, and North Korea that such an event is likely to occur within the very, very near future.
Of course, the world has been on the brink since the end of World War II, with countries all vying to get their perceived “piece of the pie,” all the name of national pride.
Well, I cannot just idly sit by and see the world that Cameron, and all the other Cameron’s, will inherit go up in flames before he gets a chance to experience life...and what an experience I want him to have.
I want him to be able to go hang-gliding off the Northern California coast. I want him to be able to go scuba-diving in the Great Barrier Reef. If he chooses, I want him to be able to climb to the top of The Great Pyramid of Giza. I want him to have the chance to run a partial expanse of The Great Wall of China. I want him to be able to see Nairobi, London, Beijing, Paris, Tokyo, and all the beautiful cities of the world.
I want him to have a work career that he loves, find a soul mate with which he can spend eternity, produce a couple of great, great nieces or nephews (for yours truly), and live to be a ripe, old age.
I want him to be able to live in a world where nature is valued and animals flourish in their natural habitats, free from man’s intervention.
If I could, I would gladly give him my fifty-three years to insure that he has at least that time to experience life with all its highs and lows.
I just want him to have that chance.
However you came to power (be it democratic election, inheritance, or military coup), I beseech you, as your country’s chosen representatives, to consider what is at stake, as we continue this path that I fear may prove the end for us all. Put these political differences aside or come to some compromises that can be agreeable to all.
Most of us on this planet are more concerned with the every day tasks of maintaining a day-to-day existence: caring for our families, doing our jobs, paying our bills, taking care of our households, and trying to live an honest and respectful life than we are in world domination or control.
We pray and worship and hope that our efforts will be pleasing to that “Supreme Being” that we hold dear to our hearts.
As Heads of State, I want you to ask whatever Deity you worship for Divine Guidance, consider your constituents, think of your own children, and, please, think of Cameron.
He has so much ahead of him and I, selfishly, want nothing to prevent him from LIVING!
Yours truly,
Reginald D. Garrard
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