But when I learned about the dangers of rejection or attack, I thought, it's time to change this. What if we faced any pain we had caused each other and, instead of rejection or attack, could we listen? Could we forgive? Could we merge?

We need to claim our power for something beautiful, something harmonious and something globally healthy.

One of the reasons I love prayer is that it is an antidote to guilt and blame. If we are unhappy with the way we have acted or been treated, instead of stewing in self-recrimination on the one hand, or harboring ill will toward someone else on the other, prayer gives us a way out of the circle of guilt and blame. We bring our painful feelings into the open and say, "I have done wrong," or "I have been wronged." And then we ask for a vaster view--one that contains within it all the forgiveness we need in order to move forward.

I pull from a place within me that has ultimate faith in the meaningfulness and beauty of human life.

I actually don't think we're more divided than we were.

The world needs women to redefine what it means to be a person of power

See what's happening to our sisters around the world. I'm very interested in the protection of women globally.