What the critics will say – bills of rights – an impossible task

The critics will try to denounce these ideas as naïve and their objectives worthy but impossible to achieve. On some levels they would be correct because trying to make a change at a global level is a huge task. This is why we have made the process personal not institutional. Rather than being led by organisations I am suggesting it is led by you, either through joining together or individually. To attempt to control such massive change over so many different cultures is not possible or desirable as this will set up waves of anti change focussed on any organisation leading it. What we need is to change our outlook, and to help spin off a myriad of different ideas, individuals and groups who will work for change. The weakness and strength in this approach is that it will be difficult to record outputs. So the outputs we have decided to use are

1. to see how many people have changed their outlook after reading this and interacting with others online across the World or in your own country.

2. To see how many good news stories we can find that are changing our world for the better and

3. To capture your living history of what you have learnt in your life to help us learn from what you know and avoid some of the mistakes we have all made. It is a strength because we believe that we need to be ‘light of foot’ and endlessly flexible, not bogged down by bureaucracy. It is necessary sometimes to look at solutions which are simple, for even terribly complex problems. By creating a loose network of Worldwiders, who can change and adapt to their own countries challenges, makes it more likely to continue and flourish as it will be led locally by people’s own inspiration and energy.
The Foundation may at some time in the much further future organise get togethers (including virtual ones) to help share techniques and best practice, to inspire people and it will produce a toolkit to help with ideas and references for support. But it will not handhold. If this work is to last then people will need to generate their own energy and resources, but hopefully they can draw moral support from our work.

It is also not enough to say that it is too hard or complex or impossible. Many people said that the Berlin Wall would never fall and now it is hard to understand why it was ever up in the first place. Many said that the war in Northern Ireland would never end and it has.

The forces against us to make this happen are immense and many, even well meaning people, are weary after years of trying to change things for the better. There are also many, who are devious and work to their own selfish ends, who will resist a change that denies them power.

We cannot do this alone, we need your help.

Even small changes are ripples in the pool.

Believe in life and the forces of good over evil. Believe in reconciliation and the future of our wonderful planet so that we can pass it on to future generations. Believe in yourself and your friends; believe that you can make a difference, however small.

Do not fear if you are derided or laughed at or scorned. Don’t even feel the need to spend lots of energy defending a position or explain what you are doing. In one thousand years, a mere nanosecond in the life of the earth the critics will be long gone, but foundations built on solid ground will help future generations to work towards their own solutions.

It is also perhaps a cliché but the power of unconditional love is more powerful than the destructive power of hate. Love that is not possessive or cloying or selfish, but is instead unconditional love for the welfare and future of our wonderful planet with its myriad of species including our own. I don’t think we can aspire to some unrealistic way of living, where every day all we do is to act unselfishly, because that just isn’t the human condition. But if we all strive endlessly to change our outlook and work towards the sustainable future of our planet and the well being of human kind then it makes our lives richer and more meaningful.

This is one reason we have written this, as a song of life to future generations, to let them know that some of us did care, and did know that what we are doing now needs to change.

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