“We have an opportunity at this time in history to completely change the course of human culture. That opportunity is not simply an option anymore, it is a gauntlet thrown down by the forces of history before a generation still not decided whether money and power or love and brotherhood should form the basis of our civilization. And we will decide, or life will decide for us. The human species will learn to become profoundly compassionate toward itself and toward all life. We will learn it through wisdom, or we will learn it through pain. But we will learn, because it’s God’s will that we become the people he has created us to be. It’s not up to us where we are going—but, how we get there and when is determined by every choice we make, every moment of every day.”
Marianne Williamson, “EVERYDAY GRACE”
Whom are we created to be? The world’s movers and shakers today chase after money and power while over 75% of our world’s population lives in poverty only dreaming of having enough food or proper sanitation or potable water. Corporate and personal wealth in the United States is mind-boggling yet one in five American children go to bed hungry. The compassionate world our God intended was not one divided over issues of power, wealth, and theology. The world’s massive wealth was not intended for just 1% of the world’s population. Every sacred scripture points to enlightenment as a civilization where all are created equal, where all are deserving of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, where all share a piece of God’s blessing in brotherhood.
We seem to forget that our Creator had a game plan. Whether you believe in the creation story of the Jews and Muslims, the Hindus, or the Buddhists is unimportant. We were created as a compassionate species whose sole purpose was to please and venerate our Father. We seem to forget that God is holding the trump card, that his will shall prevail with or without our approval and cooperation. So, how do we conduct ourselves? Shall we learn through wisdom or through pain? It’s our call.
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