will observe with eyes wide open, you will see the terrible calamity that has never been seen before. And while you hear the silent cries growing in every place children inhabit, and while the pain of your close attention will pierce your heart, and you shamelessly cry from your depths, you will ask: “What can be done? What can I do?” From this will a new hero quest arise within you?
The difference between a dreamer and a hero is action
The solutions are known. The keys to a different future are readily in our hands. We just need a generation of champions — a generation of heroes to change the course of history.
Heroes must be informed, as to the causes, and the effective solutions. They must prepare themselves for the arduous task. They must reach out with more than compassion. They must know, understand. And act. For the difference between a dreamer and a hero is action. Concerted, knowledgeable, effective action.
This great cause, to save an entire generation, is the greatest single quest in the history of the world. The need is immediate — children’s bodies can’t wait. The stakes are enormous. The heroic effort required is infinite. We cannot wait. We cannot waiver. We cannot allow our feelings of inadequacy, our fears, our pride, or our vain ambitions to intercede.
If we succeed in this our collective quest, we will be known as the heroic generation that changed the world.
If we fail……. if we fail…….
We cannot fail. We must not fail.
Will we allow ourselves to fail? Will we pick up and carry our fallen and weakened friends upon our shoulders until they, too, are ready to join us in this our