Thirty-one year old Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan have announced the arrival of their first child and daughter, Max. The social media front-runner took to his Facebook page and posted a picture of the addition to his family.
Hours later, he again posted a heartfelt letter he and Priscilla wrote to their daughter on his Facebook wall detailing future projects especially in the global technological, human rights and health sectors. Excerpts.
Dear Max,
Your mother and I don’t yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future. Your new life is full of promise, and we hope you will be happy and healthy so you can explore it fully. You’ve already given us a reason to reflect on the world we hope you live in.
Like all parents, we want you to grow up in a world better than ours today.
While headlines often focus on what’s wrong, in many ways the world is getting better. Health is improving. Poverty is shrinking. Knowledge is growing. People are connecting. Technological progress in every field means your life should be dramatically better than ours today.
We will do our part to make this happen, not only because we love you, but also because we have a moral responsibility to all children in the next generation.
We believe all lives have equal value, and that includes the many more people who will live in future generations than live today. Our society has an obligation to invest now to improve the lives of all those coming into this world, not just those already here.
International figures like Melinda Gates, Shakira, Sheryl Sandberg, Morin Oluwole, Arianna Huffington congratulated the couple and some shared sentiments with regards to the ideas he penned in the letter to his new born.
Both posts have gathered a cumulative of over 2 million likes and over 100,000 comments in a little over 48 hours.
We celebrate with the couple and pray Max grows in wisdom, strength and stature. Amen.
