Ohakune13We have all been under extreme pressure this last year; markets crashing, economies in turmoil, wars and riots, famine and storms. Many if not most have lost jobs or economic standing, and all have watched the news with fear in our hearts.

It is a good thing that we watched this happen; for this is the Year that We, a new generation across the world assumes the mantle of leadership and responsibility for each other, for our societies and for our world. As an older generation looses their standing in world affairs, and their power, they are leaving as loosing armies always do; they destroy everything behind them; their economies; their environments; their world.

Our generation understands these simple truths; that We are Responsible for our actions; that We are Responsible to pass our world on to our Children in better shape than we received it in; that We are the generation who must Change Humanity if We are to save our world.

So I ask all, to look forward into 2009 with a confident vision, because change is in our hands, dare to light the fires of hope, because we ourselves are the hope and begin to dream again, because we can now share our dreams across cities and towns, across prairies and mountains and across borders and oceans, our dreams can now be heard by everyone across the world.