Paul or Jesus uses the word uplifting in one passage. While we also know of letting our light shine and the city of light and even a thousand points of light. That in Genesis God said let there be light and in John it is this light was the light for men : amid the darkness the light shone, but the darkness did not master it. Today it seems like our main darkness is our us versus them mentality. How can anyone be really different if they are human just like ourselves? How can we hurt anyone with out hurting ourselves, and when will all the senseless violence and negative thinking end? It seems that a solution is at hand and if it is not at hand than our fate may be dark, but I believe that it is in our will as human beings to survive even if it means finding a way out of our short comings. To uplift, therefore rise above our circumstances, not just for peace, but at time when the survival of our entire species is at stake.