“So many things are happening at present, it would be hard to know where to begin were it not for the fact that we are at the beginning. Granted, beginnings look like endings when they happen on this scale.
“The stories that your various peoples told themselves about the end of the world were always meant to serve those peoples and their interests. But a people is not writing this story, nor is this the story of a single people. This is the story of all peoples, and it is being written by the world. Now that the telling of that story has begun, you cannot alter a single word of it. Things will be what they must. The path laid down for you must be followed to the end.
“The story you are living now is bigger than the decisions of any one person or any one people. You have embarked on a course that can now only lead forward through the storm.
“But make no mistake. What you are witnessing is not the end – it is the beginning. And you must not fear beginnings. The only end you could possibly ever find in this world is to refuse a new beginning. So do not refuse it, but accept it. Believe in it. Have faith in it, and it will guide you on your way.”