Published in Time Magazine!
Sorta.
The April 6 Time magazine cover story (”The End of Excess”) discussed the reasons the current economic crisis is good for America. I felt compelled to comment and sent a letter to the editor. I came home from a four-day trip to DC (see previous posting, written a the flight home this morning) to find the April 20 edition in my mailbox and my letter, below, published in Time’s Inbox.
Yes, the crisis is a good thing. Having hit bottom, Americans have a solid foundation from which to leap upward. After I graduated from college in 1992, a car accident claimed my lower left leg. I chose full-time Paralympic competition in cycling and the Ironman triathlon for the next 15 years. Without the initial physical and emotional pain–followed by years of financial hardship–I wouldn’t now be enjoying a new career as a professional speaker. True contentment comes from applying a solid work ethic toward our passions, not from the wealth this also happens to create.
Paul Martin, NATICK, MASS.
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