A Message For Youth
I pledge to help and support you in whatever way I can in all of your endeavours and goals, because:
I want your voices to be heard
I want you to be empowered to make a difference, then make that difference
I want teachers who don't squash individuality and creativity
I want you to keep forging a responsive, transparent media
I want you to consider government service and rebuild it with integrity and openness
I want you remembering to become the shining children of God that you already are
I want through art/music/film - or whatever work each of you do - to end social/race/class/school clique divisions
I want a livable planet
I want peace
I want you to relax and enjoy this time of your lives, develop youselves and each other (if that happens everything else follows)
I want your hearts to be energized so that you can transform with grace and optimism the jaded public legacy you will inherit
I want your kindness to be cultivated and extended to your peers , to your family
I want your anger, isolation, and hatred to be revealed, exorcised and cured
I want my bones to rest in a happier grave tomorrow than they would today
I want to die blinded by the brilliance of your collective love, polished in billions of young strong large hearts
I want you to offer each other your own heart, share and build hope to critical mass, so that hope is created in itself of itself
I want to die softly crushed by the weight of your conviction in that hope