
We vow always to work toward the betterment of the Armenian nation--the
nation of people known as the Armenians--worldwide, and at home in the
Armenian homeland.
We vow to work toward bridging cultural, political and ideological
differences among Armenians--in the Armenian homeland and throughout
the
Diaspora.
We vow to help our Armenian sisters and brothers rise in the world and
move
towards our common goal. We will not engage in fraternal in-fighting.
We vow always to reach toward our fellow Armenian sisters and brothers
in
sincere love. Love is the foundation of our unity. In the end, if we
have
nothing else in common, we all love our children. Let us also love the
children of one another with the same passion--thus we will love our
nation.
We vow to create, cultivate and live by the ideal of Armenian unity.
This
means, that while we will inevitably disagree on many subjects--even
fundamental subjects--we will continue to work with one another,
trusting in
each others good will toward the future of our people.
We vow to pass on to youth the importance of working together and
living our
culture.
We vow to make ourselves meek before the needs of the nation.
We vow to make ourselves meek before the needs of our families.
We affirm that what is good for the nation is good for our families.
We vow never to put the interests of a foreign power before the
interests of the Armenian nation.
We vow not to allow despair to take us over. We will not be
disheartened by
failings of the past or current difficulties. We will each work to
become
the change we desire to be. We will each become the concept that is
unity.
We will resist with all our might, employing violence against fellow
Armenians. We must work toward peaceful conflict resolutions at all
levels
of society.
After I make all of these vows, I will attempt to change my thinking.
To
think less and less in terms of "I" and to think more and more in terms
of
"we."