Creating Peace

 Peace is not absence of conflict; it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.  (Ronald Reagan)

Let's Focus on Creating Peace in Our World

 I'm going to share some quotes on creating peace.  It starts with all of us and will hopefully trickle upward and outward to all of humanity.  Let's create peace together.

When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world.  (Maha Ghosananda)

 

A Truth We See Every Day (Unfortunately)

 

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been.  The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."  (Isaac Asimov)

Something to Keep in Mind . . .

 Two thoughts to keep in mind when listening to the discourses in the public square:

A lie told once or told a thousand times is still a lie.

An excess of emotion does not make up for a deficiency of thought.

Happy New Year!

 Wishing you peace, love, and joy in the new year.

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Happy Holy Days

      I was once in a store and, in parting, thanked the cashier and wished him happy holidays.  He was offended, saying that it was a Christian holiday and I should really say, "Merry Christmas."  Thinking back, I wish I had told him the derivation of "holiday."  It's "holy day."  Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Kwanzaa, or anything else, these are holy days.  Let's celebrate the holiness and significance of these days and witness the holiness in each other.  Happy holy days, friends.  

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Happy Thanksgiving

Wherever you are,

I give thanks for you.

Wishing you peace and happiness.

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