Happy Independence Day! May freedom for all be forever magnified, whether through major moments of long-fought triumph or through the unsung litanies of minor obstinations. May our efforts for freedom not devolve into unconscious oppression; may our yearnings tend toward the light. May we not overshadow the search for an equivalent liberation by our political rivals. May we honor the common yearnings for freedom in the human soul and in all life on this planet. May our independences from each other be preserved even at the expense of a felt interdependence; and may the recognition of our interdependencies gradually realize the original aim of our independence.