Imperialism and violence continue in the name of safety.

Religious fanatics have kept millions of girls from attending school.

In militarized countries, thousands of boys will become soldiers not students.

Women produce half the world's food, but own only one percent of its farmland.

Between 50 - 300 thousand people have died in Sudan's Darfur region.

Tonight, millions of families will spend another night as refugees.

Knowledge brings Power;

Knowledge plus Wisdom brings Peace.

When We Know and Understand Each Other, We Can Live In Peace.

It is true: we need both knowledge and wisdom as we work for peace. InSpiritry, with its values of community, compassion, creativity, collaboration, consilience, courage and celebration offers a way for every man, woman and child to embrace knowledge and wisdom and to become a personal source of peace. Not only that, but as we embrace these values, we can inspire others by serving as an example of what peace looks like! As Gandhi told us: we can be the change we want to see in the world!

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An Anthem for the World

Spread Peace Every Day by insisting

War Is Not the Answer

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from the Friends Committee on National Legistlation (The Quakers)

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Peace is a part of every faith tradition; read sacred writings about peace!

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Peace is built on hope; read Anne's poem about hope!

What are you doing to make the world a better place?

  Why wait another day for peace?

Here are some everyday Peacework suggestions:

• Believe in your own ability to make a difference!
• Stand up for justice in ways great and small.
• Stop making excuses for violence.
• Consider the Greater Good in every encounter.
• Speak up for those who cannot.
• Forgive a person who has wronged you.
• Call or send a note to somone who might be lonely.
• Think creatively about solving problems.
• Laugh when you could cry.
• Listen to someone who needs to speak.
• Gladden the heart of a child.
• Let your words be a blessing.
• Take pleasure in what is good.
• Welcome what is to come.
• See the sacred everywhere.
• Save a portion of each day for spiritual growth.
• Open your heart, your mind, your home and your wallet.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.                   Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

WORDS OF WISDOM FROM PROPHETS OF PEACE:

Gandhi said,

       Be the change you want to see in the world.

Pope Paul VI told us,

If you want peace, work for justice.

Walt Whitman advised,

       Obey little; resist much.

Ruth-Gaby Vermont-Mangold tells us,

Peacework starts again every morning.

Jesus Christ told his followers,

        Blessed are the peacemakers.

Eleanor Roosevelt said,

       You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

The Dalai Lama explained,

       My religion is kindness.

Nobel Laureate Jody Williams reminds us,

Violence is a choice.

Thoreau wrote,

       Go in the direction of your dreams.

       Live the life you imagine.

Nobel Laureate Betty Williams greived,

The world is full of beautiful children that we kill every day.

Prince Hassan Bin Talal, uncle of Jordan's King Abdullah II urged,

We must stop focusing on war and military security

and begin investing in peace.

Palestian-American Poet Naomi Shihab Nye writes,

...now that we pretend

God like some kinds of killing,

how will we deserve

the light of candles...

Ursula LeGuin cautioned,

       It is good to have an end to journey towards,

       but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

David Friedman noted,

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

 

MAYBE WHAT WE NEED MOST IS HOPE!

Public Health Proposal

A poem by Anne McCrady from Under a Blameless Moon

What if it was in the water?

Hope, I mean,

added like flouride

for our health.

It would be poured into baby bottles,

mixed with formula

so that at an early age

it would become a part of us

stored in our cells

for later.

In schools, it would flow

from the water fountains,

leading teachers to trust students

to never give up.

We would bathe in it,

sprinkle it on our lawns,

cook our food with it.

Why, hopewater would be

served with every meal

like salt and pepper.

In hospitals and nursing homes,

doctors would hang IV bags

of it mixed with medicine

whose results would be astounding.

After a while, the lakes

and ocean would be full

of it. It would rise and fall

as rain. And every afternoon,

the sky would fill with puffs of it,

and folks would look up

and say,

There's hope!

We are the hope we have been waiting for!

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