Youth manifesto inspires New Thought delegation

What follows is the "15-minute manifesto," drafted and delivered during the New Thought pre-Parliament day by 15 youths attending the event:

• We believe in growth, and stepping into our own power.
• We believe in the power of kindness in action.
• We believe in co-inspiring youth raised in New Thought.
• We believe in demonstrating the power of being raised in New Thought.
• As a New Thought youth, my mission is to allow God to express through me in all that I do, so that I may always and continually be a radiant channel for love to manifest here on Earth.
• We embrace our differences.
• As evolved souls and spiritual beings living a human experience, we consciously apply spiritual principle in our relationships, in our workplace, with each other, living as our Higher Selves and inspiring the world to be and do the same.
• Individually, we are being the change we wish to see in the world.
• Collectively, we are the leading edge of a new paradigm that supports the evolution of a world that works for everyone.
• As New Thought youth, we raise the consciousness of the planet to levels unimaginable.
• We are the future of New Thought – the pulse of the Global Heart.
• We see the Global New Thought movement in the future – in the now – as being a symbol of love, diversity, and peace. We've already accomplished so much, and as Erika Luckett and Lisa Ferraro sang, "If you're not in awe, you're not paying attention."
• In 25 years, New Thought will be spread throughout the world as a means of peace, love and happiness.
• We believe that we are one strand in an ongoing evolution, and that in 25 years, this New Thought will be old thought.
• As youth of New Thought, we are not discovering the divine. We are living, breathing, knowing, active manifestations of the divine. We are grateful for the foundation our ministers and teachers have laid out in front of us. We are your offering to the future.
• And in the words of my mentor, Rev. Charles Hall, "They will know us by how we love each other."