In the midst of a world torn by conflict, confusion, and separation, and weakened by the heavy weight of materialism, we are being called to help build a new world.
This is not a small calling. We stand in a time of great opportunity, great responsibility, and great urgency. The old world is shaking. Its divisions, fears, greed, and passing distractions cannot guide us into the future that our children, grandchildren, and all coming generations deserve.
Therefore, let each of us, deep within our own heart, make a clear and sacred resolve. Let us not be seduced by the temporary glitter of the society around us. Let us not be pulled into its quarrels, its feuds, its anger, or its short-lived enthusiasms. Let us not give our spiritual strength to the fires of division.
Instead, let us gather all that is noble, truthful, beautiful, and life-giving from the old world and carry it forward into the new one. Let us transfer love, wisdom, justice, compassion, humility, courage, and unity into the world that is now being born.
This new world is the vision of our longing. It is the prayer of our ancestors. It is the hope of the Seventh Generation. It will not come by words alone, but through our sacrifice, our discipline, our unity, our service, and the steady fruits of our shared labor.
With clean hearts, strong spirits, and hands joined together, we walk forward. We do not merely wait for a new world. We help bring it into being.