“Today, I awoke.”

“I got up today from sleeping, I had this horrible dream, the world was going down the tubes, everyone was fighting and no one had a clue.”

“But, today I awoke …”

“Today I saw a young woman in the Middle East begging that Israel quit throwing them out of their homes. I saw the hurt in her eyes, but I felt the power in her voice when she said she would become a doctor and help her family.”

“All around her, there was suffering, yet within her, she had Hope. She didn’t say she wanted to be policeman, soldier or politician so that she could ‘control’ other people, she wanted to be a physician, so she could start healing her people.”

“In her eyes, I saw the Light, that is just starting to emerge, shining through. She’s right, no leader or country will bring us peace, and we have to start with ourselves.”

“The News people are lying to me, telling me things that I won’t believe. They are telling me money will lead us out of this madness. They are lying cause they are scared too.“

“Today I realized that the world is living in fear, far too long do we look too our old fears. We can no longer put faith in that which is ‘Holy’, because we are neglecting the living. Fear has become our Master. We’ve enslaved ourselves.”

“In other lands, people are hurting, our governments and companies aren’t helping, and our leaders are failing. We are hurting here too.”

“But you know something, that’s ok. Our situation is not hopeless and our world is not yet lost.”

“Today, I awoke … and I realized it was up to me.”

--Will Cumberland.