Mahatma Gandhi: Beloved children of God, I delight in your deep, secure commitment to make the world a better place for everyone. Your continuing joy in the face of oppression, hostility, and downright indifference allows the divine energy to work through you. You are soldiers of light and love, dutifully engaged in bringing peace and joy to others.

In you, I see myself when I, too, extended friendship, hospitality, and kindness to those who needed it most as they were diminished, humiliated, and treated horribly because of who they were. In you is the greatest ongoing hope and promise for your world now as you work hard for healing and change.

Together you have embarked on a noble course where you gather strength, resilience, and steadfast hope to bring about a monumental and universal transformation for humankind, Mother Earth, and all Earth’s children. How you act together now and proceed with care, caution, and utmost optimism matters.