This was my contribution to the meeting at the Kuraby Mosque yesterday

Our Dream Of A Better World

We dream of a great society of small communities co-operating to practise spirituality, empathy and harmony.

We dream of vibrant neighbourhoods where people relate to one another – genuinely – as good neighbours.

We dream of people developing networks of friendship in which the private pain we carry deep down is allowed to surface, and is shared in a culture of reciprocal acceptance and respect.

We dream of people facing our difficulties, discerning the problems, discovering the solutions, and working together for personal growth and social change, according the example of Isa, in the spirit of the Bismillah.

And we dream of every congregation, every church, every mosque, every temple, and every synagogue, in every locality, acting as a catalyst to make our dream come true.

Each of us, who feel inadequate,need to realise our capacity to act; and each of us, who feel afraid, need to realise our courage to act.

Each of us, who feel impotent, need to recognise the potential of our actions; and each of us, who feel insignificant, need to recognise the importance of our actions.

Every act of truth is a victory over deceit. Every act of love is a victory over hatred. Every act of kindness is a victory over violence. And every risk a person takes to make a stand, with grace, for justice and for peace, is a victory in the strong-but-gentle moral battle to make our dream of a better world a reality.

Dave Andrews

Our Dream Of A Better World