"Actually, each country is not exceptional in its own way and doesn’t deserve a little trophy just for being there."
Martin, I have read your book and several of your excellent essays since. But this short one, which I just finished on a flight home, had me laughing involuntarily (at the line quoted above), fighting back tears of agreemen…
"Actually, each country is not exceptional in its own way and doesn’t deserve a little trophy just for being there."
Martin, I have read your book and several of your excellent essays since. But this short one, which I just finished on a flight home, had me laughing involuntarily (at the line quoted above), fighting back tears of agreement, and inspired to try and do something great with the rest of my days.
A lifelong admirer of the spirit I have witnessed in nearly all the immigrants I have met, nothing has ever come so close as this essay to making this lucky native born American feel like he has experienced a tiny bit of the extra good fortune of being a naturalized American as well.
A wise observer once said that the world is full of Americans, it just takes some of them longer to get here. You just said it better.
"Actually, each country is not exceptional in its own way and doesn’t deserve a little trophy just for being there."
Martin, I have read your book and several of your excellent essays since. But this short one, which I just finished on a flight home, had me laughing involuntarily (at the line quoted above), fighting back tears of agreement, and inspired to try and do something great with the rest of my days.
A lifelong admirer of the spirit I have witnessed in nearly all the immigrants I have met, nothing has ever come so close as this essay to making this lucky native born American feel like he has experienced a tiny bit of the extra good fortune of being a naturalized American as well.
A wise observer once said that the world is full of Americans, it just takes some of them longer to get here. You just said it better.
Thank you.