Spero Consulting

Happy Inde­pen­dence Day!

On this 233^rd anniver­sary of the nation’s inde­pen­dence, we thank all of those who came before us for secur­ing and main­tain­ing that inde­pen­dence and free­dom. We espe­cially thanks those who sac­ri­ficed their lives for their fel­low cit­i­zens and future gen­er­a­tions of cit­i­zens such as our­selves. In addi­tion, we thank the cur­rent mem­bers of the armed ser­vices for guar­an­tee­ing that free­dom at much per­sonal risk and sacrifice.

As we recently wrote in Geo­graphic Good For­tune, we thank God for the good for­tune of being born in this great nation dur­ing this unprece­dented era of pros­per­ity and free­dom. We doubt that we deserve it, but as we often pray at Mass: “do not con­sider what we truly deserve, but grant us your for­give­ness.” As we finally begin to mature, we have started to appre­ci­ate our good for­tune, and so we also pray that our elected lead­ers are up to the task, and do not know­ingly or unwit­tingly destroy our good thing.

Finally, besides that thanks­giv­ing we also pray that cit­i­zens of every nation will some day enjoy the same free­doms and respon­si­bil­i­ties that we, as a cit­i­zen of the United States, enjoy. Amen.