I offer thanks and gratitude to my friends and family and I am very grateful to a life that allows me to sit in relative peace typing this message.

I am painfully aware that a significant number of my brothers and sisters around the globe don’t quite have that sense of security or safety. Their needs and wants are similar to mine. Their struggle is my struggle. I am only at peace when they are peaceful and when there is peace around the globe.

I swear to stand up and oppose those who are spreading misinformation, prejudice and bigotry and those who are misusing religion to divide the people. I will work with others to collectively defeat their protectionist, self centered and misinformed ideology with education and a message of caring & love for all of humanity irrespective of their faith and religion.