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The speaker discusses the importance of community and bringing positive changes to society, rather than just one thing. They emphasize the importance of graduation for everyone, and encourage leaders to acknowledge their authority and bring positive changes to their community. They end with a sermon about graduation and graduation goals, and a ritual for graduates. The importance of graduation for everyone is discussed, along with the importance of helping people with diverse backgrounds and beliefs. The speaker also talks about graduation goals and the importance of graduation for everyone, and offers a ritual for graduates.

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			In that 100 statement, it's not
clear when I will damage your
		
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			windows, you know, one second if
you have any doubt,
		
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			or when you do Fantasia Lucida.
		
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			I start off by saying this
		
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			to all of my brothers and sisters
settled in this beautiful place.
		
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			And I asked God, to forgive us our
trespasses, our mistakes, and the
		
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			evil that They lurk within all of
us.
		
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			It was just last week
		
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			that my counterpart
		
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			in Linwood mosque, Christchurch,
New Zealand, wearing similar robes
		
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			to what I'm wearing, and speaking
right about the same time that I'm
		
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			speaking
		
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			when
		
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			that event took place,
		
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			and before it was over,
		
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			elated
		
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			but not before his roles were
completely blasting.
		
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			To me,
		
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			that's a model
		
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			that he remainded he defended, he
didn't run away. And he's
		
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			partially right. It was another
member of that congregation for
		
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			prevention. And it was like at the
second mosque, I think it works
		
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			within the class, the first one
was to a mosque.
		
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			So I guess it's part of my job as
a university chaplain, to offer
		
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			thoughts and prayers. And of
course, that's very important.
		
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			But I think it's very important
also.
		
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			We have a prophetic tradition
		
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			that goes back to the Prophet
Muhammad, peace be upon him, that
		
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			says, help your brother, whether
he is an oppressor, or he is the
		
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			oppressed.
		
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			The people around the prophet at
the time were dumbfounded by what
		
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			he said. Because they said, Well,
we know how to help someone who's
		
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			oppressed, we access how you help
the oppressor.
		
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			He said, stop him from oppressing.
		
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			But a stop to his oppression.
		
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			And interesting thing to me is
that he's still a brother.
		
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			I pray for the salvation of that
person in New Zealand, to
		
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			Australia to death.
		
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			And I pray for the salvation of
the person who killed him survives
		
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			the tree of life. So I'm
wondering, in Sherman Oaks,
		
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			and the one who did Oklahoma City
bomb, and those who did the World
		
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			Trade Center. For those who didn't
either the
		
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			list goes on
		
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			us assembled here today,
		
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			in a church,
		
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			originally dedicated to Christ.
		
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			And that attack in Christ Church
had nothing to do with Christ,
		
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			nothing to do with the church.
		
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			Even though the government
terrorists may have used some
		
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			Christian motifs in his manifesto.
		
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			And so for me, the real measure of
a person
		
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			is your moral fortitude, your
moral leadership, your ability to
		
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			maintain your principles and your
ethics, even under duress.
		
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			There is no suspension of
morality,
		
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			when the time is called for it,
because we're only defined by what
		
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			we do matter to us every minute.
		
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			It's easy to do things. When
you're not under arrest. It's easy
		
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			to be kind to the people you're
like, it's easy to praise, the
		
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			ones that get along with.
		
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			It's easy to not get angry with
those people who make you feel
		
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			good about yourself.
		
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			But that's not really the measure
of humanity.
		
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			Because everyone can do that.
		
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			I think a true measure of
humanity. How would you react to
		
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			how to deal with those that you
don't like? That you don't know?
		
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			That you don't know anything
about?
		
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			Me surprise you to know
		
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			that the status of United States
is older than founded in the
		
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			United States. My brothers and
sisters
		
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			first came to the shores probably
in the mid 16th century.
		
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			But they can change
		
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			and they were forcibly removed
		
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			from their communities, Senegal,
Gambia, ma
		
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			Like,
		
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			data back then they weren't gonna
buy those things
		
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			they were doing as limiting kids
to will have stuff like this.
		
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			But they can.
		
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			I was down here recently, three
months ago.
		
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			And it's related to that one of
those, okay.
		
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			There's a river mineral springs
from Gambia. And it's very
		
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			convenient because it leads right
out to the Atlantic Ocean. So the
		
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			slave trade came through that
river. And there was a staging
		
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			point, an island, called Punta
Cana, the island, where they're
		
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			going to move on to the North
American shores.
		
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			And this person managed to escape.
		
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			And he ran back to his community.
		
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			But he was alerted. Scott was in
he met.
		
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			His father said, What are you
doing back here?
		
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			He's said,
		
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			I escaped, what do you want me to
do?
		
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			He said, Go back.
		
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			Who's going to teach those people
when they get older? Who's going
		
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			to be with them? Who's going to
console them?
		
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			Who's going to be their leader?
Who's going to kill them?
		
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			So God makes monitors out of
people.
		
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			But then the question becomes,
what about the ones left behind?
		
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			What is it that we're supposed to
do? What moral lessons can we draw
		
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			from that?
		
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			Another think I'm going to be
honest with you.
		
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			We know that what happened in New
Zealand, or happened in Pittsburgh
		
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			or anywhere else, it's all
related. We know it's not a New
		
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			Zealand issue. We know it's not an
Australian issue. We know that
		
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			that man knows the names of other
mass murderers on his weapons as
		
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			he walked in. We know that he
mentioned other names in his
		
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			manifesto, even some of the
political leadership in this
		
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			country.
		
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			So we can say that it's been
related.
		
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			And I have to be honest with you,
as well, I really didn't think is
		
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			to make chocolate
		
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			Crusher stuffing. If you read some
of the comments, on the articles
		
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			dealing with physical attraction,
you will find people living not
		
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			just the United States, not just
indefinitely, but people on this
		
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			campus people who support what
happens, or at the very least
		
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			another distrust about us.
		
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			So we have this amongst us, we
don't have to look too far. We
		
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			don't have to think about how to
reform a ceiling. Because I think
		
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			honestly, it was mentioned
earlier. The people in New Zealand
		
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			got it right. And they understand
a little moral and principled
		
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			leadership is and I applaud and
commend Prime Minister Arthur,
		
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			Zealand for principled leadership
in this time of crisis.
		
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			And
		
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			I recall, one of Aesop's Fables
		
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			about the Red Bull, the white gold
and black
		
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			war, were able to fend off the
lighting,
		
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			because they stuck together.
		
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			So the light became a bit sneaky
little bit sly his approach, he
		
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			knew that he couldn't take off
away from us.
		
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			So he goes to the Red Bull and
said, you know, if you just let me
		
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			eat the whiteboard, then I'll
leave you guys alone when it comes
		
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			to worry about, just give me him
and we'll be okay. So he thought I
		
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			said, Okay, we stopped me saying
after that, so the line would be
		
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			quite good.
		
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			Then the line goes back to the Red
Bull again. He said, you know,
		
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			you'll be safe just looking at the
blackboard.
		
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			He said, Okay,
		
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			in the light of the black.
		
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			Then it comes around to the
whiteboard before the line
		
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			containing and he said, I was
eating, or the Red Bull, I was
		
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			eating the day, the white bowl.
		
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			And they are letting me by you I
was myself eating already.
		
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			So if we allow hatred, we allow
fear of the other. We allow our
		
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			own
		
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			shortcomings and anxieties, to
overcome us to agree where we were
		
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			others, then it's it's an attack
on us. It's not just one of us. We
		
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			are facing crisis and not just the
United States. But this.
		
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			Suicide rates have not been a sign
with our county as they are.
		
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			Opioid Addiction has never been as
high as it's been right now.
		
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			people's feeling of validation and
isolation. And feeling like nobody
		
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			cares about them, I think are also
historic highs.
		
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			So I'm not going to talk about gun
legislation and whether or
		
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			something like that shouldn't be
banned or control or any of that
		
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			the type of thing. That's for our
politicians in Washington
		
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			directly.
		
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			probabilistic couples, what what
can we do? What do we have at our
		
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			disposal that we can do? And I'll
begin by saying about myself.
		
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			I love every single person is.
		
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			And I mean, that's the bottom
line, oh, my god, I love every
		
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			single person whose
		
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			You honor us with your presence,
You honor us, with your concern,
		
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			You honor us contribute to
gentleness.
		
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			And I wish that we can all feel
that way. Like
		
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			I wish we live in a world where
even when we have differences,
		
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			when we have disagreements, we
learn how to speak to one another
		
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			and overcome those differences.
And not let those differences and
		
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			disagreements allow us to
demonize. And as I said earlier,
		
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			other eyes, other people. I mean,
isn't that what a university
		
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			education is about? Isn't that
more and more here, it's not what
		
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			we come here to learn how to get
along with people with diverse
		
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			backgrounds, and beliefs, and
ethnicities and languages.
		
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			It's not the idea of
		
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			so why don't we come together and
resolve as a community to do that
		
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			for one another.
		
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			And what a motivational is also
for profit is begin with yourself
		
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			and those around you.
		
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			We can change our society was, but
I can certainly change what I do
		
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			with myself, within myself
community, within my family,
		
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			within my small group of friends,
we certainly can do that.
		
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			So these are some of my
reflections on the first part of
		
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			the sermon. Well, it might have
the second part where I will when
		
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			we have the talk about the sales
goals and stuff. seek forgiveness
		
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			from God is the one he does. So it
was like it felt safe.
		
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			Under the surface, that I was
everything that I was talking
		
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			about.
		
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			So I'd like to conclude
		
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			by thanking University thanking
President Simon, Provost Vera,
		
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			university, chapter 1.7. In the
last thing, they said, that
		
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			allowed him to have our staff for
supporting our efforts, supporting
		
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			this effort, and really trying to
bring about some positive change.
		
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			And I think
		
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			positive change may begin with
things that are administrative in
		
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			nature. But they can, we can
appoint to all of the diversity
		
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			and inclusion staff or personnel
that we want. But at the end of
		
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			the day, it's not going to change
your culture by itself. That takes
		
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			resolve for me and for you, and
for all of us here. So
		
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			unfortunately, I don't think it's
the last time we're going to do
		
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			something like this.
		
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			But maybe,
		
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			just maybe, if we have a resolve,
it's the last time we have to
		
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			issue protocol like this.
		
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			And maybe beginning Tonight, or
tomorrow, or the day after,
		
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			we can introduce positive changes
in our own lives, and in other
		
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			people's lives.
		
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			I have this one piece of advice
that let's all resolve that when
		
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			we leave the you know, out the
doors of this magnificent church,
		
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			where Jewish services are done
Catholic services about the
		
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			products and services of dominant
Muslim services I've done that we
		
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			pledge with one another, that any
human being we come across, we
		
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			pledged to having positive
interactions
		
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			that we don't want to come across
another human being and we leave
		
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			them in a worse state than what
they started with us.
		
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			And that can be accomplished with
a simple thing like a smile.
		
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			You go back to your offices, you
go back to where you work, or can
		
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			we smile, especially if you're a
leader. It'll change the whole
		
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			answer in the office as you're
working.
		
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			Let us resolve to come over our
differences and learn more about
		
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			one another. As I said earlier,
Muslims have been in this country
		
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			since the 15th century in the 16th
century. And we're not going
		
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			anyway. I am not going to start
low to Friday services, I'm not
		
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			going to stop doing them even if
it means my life. Because that's
		
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			what we are. That's what defines
us.
		
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			And I think there are some things
in life that are worth sacrificing
		
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			for as a sacrifice everyone's
rights moral principle, what's
		
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			ethical is one of those things.
		
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			Thank you. I'm going to close off
with a small prayer and we'll
		
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			begin with the ritual prayer here
on the side for instance, for like
		
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			to join us to do so. I asked God
to reflect upon us and Chinese
		
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			bipartisan to lift the burden upon
all levels and Sisters where they
		
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			will be is cut you off offer or
solace to all the victims of all
		
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			those tragedies wherever they may
be, whether they be in this
		
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			country, whether it be in New
Zealand, whether it be in Europe
		
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			or Africa, or in Afghanistan,
Palestine, or anywhere that they
		
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			may reside as gods and different
all those trials and tribulations.
		
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			I asked her to make this a
community of loving, brothers and
		
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			sisters, that we love each other
that we see karma with one
		
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			another, that we learn to overlook
each one of our missteps and our
		
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			states and bring us to an
understanding of one another, so
		
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			that even before we may get to the
paradise in heaven, actually
		
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			create some sort of livable
paradise here on earth. Amen.
		
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			Up and slowly