Dear Friends

As an Interfaith Minister  I respect that inner truth that we all believe in regarding life, death, God,  afterlife and how and why we live our lives in a particular way. In short I  respect whatever works for you. The conversations I have as a minster are about  love and peace; and the reasons why we can talk about such words, but not see  much of either in everyday life.

This year I decided that enough was  enough and it was time to take some personal action towards world peace. Hence  the trek to Everest base camp, armed with 5 flags and over 50 personal quotes written by people like you, ordinary people, wanting ordinary peace, I leave on Friday 31 October and make the Mount Everest Base Camp on or around 9 November 2011 at approximately 2pm Nepal time.

My hope in doing this? That my voice will act as a peaceful harmonic and will spread the words far and wide. Who knows, the energy and power of the words may mean that one less bullet is fired from a gun, one less fist strikes a child, one less cruel word abuses a vulnerable person. I would hope that at least these actions will occur on a planet of 6.8 billion people. Not too much to ask is it?

What can you do as you read this? You can wish me well and I think you for your kind words. You can spend a minute in peaceful silence on 9 November at 12midday and spend the rest of the day being peaceful and kind to other people. You can pull out your mobile phone right now and pledge a donation to Spirit of Peace by texting “SOFP35 £10” to this number 70070. That sends £10 (or any other sum you can afford) to Spirit of Peace and will mean the charity can carry on its great peacebuilding work in the UK and Middle East. It is great work Jane Ozanne and her small team undertake and they work so hard, I see it every day I am with the  charity. Your support will make a huge difference to how Spirit of Peace (www.spiritofpeace.co.uk) continues to operate in 2012 and beyond.

So dear friend  and, I have said how I see it, a good cause, a long trek to make 3 small but  hugely important things happen. Please help me make them happen.

Shanti,  Shalom, Peace, Salaam and all other words that bring us
a more loving world,  Noel

 


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