{"id":98788,"date":"2013-06-25T09:02:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T09:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/?page_id=98788"},"modified":"2016-03-15T09:43:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T09:43:14","slug":"queens-message-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/commonwealth\/commonwealth-day\/queens-message-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen&#8217;s Message 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/69072308?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=1c205c\" width=\"715\" height=\"402\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>This year\u2019s Commonwealth theme, \u2018Opportunity through Enterprise\u2019, is a celebration of our achievements, particularly those that may have seemed challenging, daunting or even impossible, which have helped to build strength, resilience and pride in our young people, in our communities and in our nations.<\/h4>\n<p>Great achievements in human history have a number of common characteristics. From climbing the highest mountain, to winning a sporting competition, making a scientific breakthrough, building a successful business or discovering unique artistic talent \u2013 these outcomes all begin as a simple goal or idea in one person\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n<p>We are all born with the desire to learn, to explore, to try new things. And each of us can think of occasions when we have been inspired to do something more efficiently, or to assist others in achieving their full potential. Yet it still takes courage to launch into the unknown. Ambition and curiosity open new avenues of opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>That is what lies at the heart of our Commonwealth approach: individuals and communities finding ways to strive together to create a better future that is beneficial for all.<\/p>\n<p>Our shared values of peace, democracy, development, justice and human rights \u2013 which are found in our new \u2018Commonwealth Charter\u2019 \u2013 mean that we place special emphasis on including everyone in this goal, especially those who are vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>I am reminded of the adage, \u2018nothing ventured, nothing gained\u2019. As we reflect on how the Commonwealth theme applies to us individually, let us think about what can be gained with a bold heart, dedication, and teamwork. And let us bear in mind the great opportunity that is offered by the Commonwealth \u2013 of joining with others, stronger together, for the common good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s Commonwealth theme, \u2018Opportunity through Enterprise\u2019, is a celebration of our achievements, particularly those that may have seemed challenging, daunting or even impossible, which have helped to build strength, resilience and pride in our young people, in our communities &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/commonwealth\/commonwealth-day\/queens-message-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"parent":174,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Queen&#039;s Message 2013 - Commonwealth of Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This year\u2019s Commonwealth theme, \u2018Opportunity through Enterprise\u2019, is a celebration of our achievements, particularly those that may have seemed challenging, daunting or even impossible, which have helped to build strength, resilience and pride in our young people, in our communities &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/commonwealth\/commonwealth-day\/queens-message-2013\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commonwealth of Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-15T09:43:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Haydn Thorne\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/\",\"name\":\"Commonwealth of Nations\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/commonwealth\/commonwealth-day\/queens-message-2013\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/commonwealth\/commonwealth-day\/queens-message-2013\/\",\"name\":\"Queen's Message 2013 - Commonwealth of Nations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-25T09:02:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-15T09:43:14+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/commonwealth\/commonwealth-day\/queens-message-2013\/\"]}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98788"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110363,"href":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98788\/revisions\/110363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}