Martin

On the shoulders of giants we move onwards and upwards towards our highest goals, this giant has the broadest of shoulders and laid the deepest of foundations for hope in this nation we call America.

I'm here as a guest, a visitor from distant shores and whilst my dreams have called me ever onwards, I am but one small voice amongst so very many.

At Glide Church in San Francisco yesterday I felt the call of a new religion, a new religion that embraces all religions, a new religion that spreads its arms out wide and says "welcome brother and sister to everlasting freedom". This new religion is up the highest mountain and the view from here is 365 x 24/7 x 365. This new religion IS the moral high ground and from whichever direction you climb the destination is the same.

I heard it once said that we see the world through the stained glass windows of our opinions, but when we remove the glass the truth is the same to all.
What removes the glass? hope and love, an open heart and an open mind, an indominatable will, a refusal to ever stop climbing, trust in yourself and faith in your highest of dreams.

Removing my own stained glass windows is a daily job, and whilst they evaporate in the light of human dignity and in the humble witnessing of compassion in action, they soon colour up again if I forget that I chose to climb!

Climbing the mountain towards an inclusive dream is challenging and rewarding, there's already a congrigation awaiting our arrival at the end of each day, great souls who have made their climbs, conqured their limiting beliefs and died in the persuit of peace and humanity.
Behind us cheering us on are the countless thousands of children who await the rewards of our endeavour.