To step into peace

[Dan]

I know it is difficult at times, but if for a moment we as a people
could step away from our individual problems, or believing that life
isn’t fair, or that you deserve more out of life. If for that moment
we could think as a human being. Not as ourselves as that human being,
but for the entire human race; one human race as one human being.
For that moment, as humanity stands as one, we look at the world about
us to take in its beauty. Take time to feel very fortunate to be
alive. We feel every fiber of our being work as one. We know that
without this oneness, without this coordination of all our parts, we
could not stand here today. We could not step into peace.
In that moment of clarity, we must come to understand that it is not
just up to the leaders of the world to direct us to peace. We realize
that first step must come from all of us, that all of humanity must
work together to lift our leg, to move forward, to place that step in
front of us, to step into peace.
This decision is up to us. I believe in our heart we know what to do.
Deep down inside, once you get past the everyday struggles of life,
there is a part of the human spirit that yearns for the serenity and
wellbeing that comes when the path to peace is chosen. So in that
moment as humanity exists as one in the glory that is life, let us
remember the responsibility and the outcome of humanity’s future is
ours and ours alone; that we have the power this very day to take the
path that leads to world peace. This decision, this simple decision is
ours to make. I encourage you to take that step me, into peace.