what is peace?
peace is as elusive as faith.
where will we find peace ... in an absence of anger?
perhaps if we ...
decline the opportunity to feel righteous rage,
allow ourselves to experience gratitude without boundaries.
find the time and desire to reach out, extend a helping hand,
offer our strength, our focus, ourselves.
fall in love with our earth in all her many forms and her
completeness.
realize that we are no better nor worse, no more
talented or useful than a single grain of sand or blade of
grass.
repudiate our selfish sense of superiority.
understand that we are nothing more than an equal part of the
whole.
respect the comforts and needs of others. protect the weak.
shelter the young and the elderly.
learn to listen rather than be heard.
practice love without ego.
find the wisdom to understand that i am nothing if i am not
everything.
remember that an enemy is only another aspect of the light
within us. refuse to see the darkness, search instead for
the goodness, the loving, pure life energy.
peace may be an impossible dream.
there is no more worthy quest.
I was going to say, the line "realize that we are no better nor worse, no more
ReplyDeletetalented or useful than a single grain of sand or blade of
grass." felt only half said, because though we are no more useful than a grain of sand or blade of grass, another way of seeing it is that we are as useful as a blade of grass/ grain of sand, and that we and they are all part of the whole...
And then I saw you said something similar, "find the wisdom to understand that i am nothing if i am not
everything."
I like your post...thoughtful.
I am collecting posts for Blogblast for Peace (which are labelled 'Dona Nobis Pacem', and, although I don't know if your post here was written for this, I feel you should have an honarary place on my blog with other peace bloggers.
A link to your post will appear in 'Peace Bloggers Unite' soon.
Wishing you and yours peace and happines!
P