The customer waves me over. Sizing me up he says: you’re new here, aren’t you? No, I say, almost a year. Hmmm, don’t know ya, but that’s okay, got something to tell ya. My name’s John. I nod as he settles into his story. You see, I was sitting outside my porch the other day […]
Tag Archives: peace
Ending Violence: Creating Peace
For me, discussing ‘creating peace’ without naming ‘ending violence’ would be to jump to solution while neglecting to acknowledge there is a problem. It would at least be misleading, if not dishonest. I admit this at the risk of being judged—imagining my peers tsk-tsk’ing that I’m ‘focussing on the negative’ rather than ‘attracting that which […]
Stepping Up for Peace
Ramblings of an Old Flower Child: Stepping Up for Peace Do you want peace in your world? Really? If so, what do you think it would take to achieve that? Does your answer revolve around the world ‘out there’ or something closer to home? What if peace everywhere begins with you? I am a great […]
What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love & Understanding?
In this song, Elvis Costello laments the ‘darkness of insanity’ that surrounds us. Happily though, it seems that for an increasing number of us, peace is the main item on the menu nowadays. The seeds that the hippies planted two generations ago are bearing fruit. Peace, love, and harmony, are once again becoming a central […]
One-Pointedness
In her book Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert experiences the raw pleasures of delving one-pointedly into food, spiritual devotion and passionate love. While this was a paid writing vacation for her – could one be so blessed? – it enabled her to heal from a tumultuous marriage and divorce which she did quite successfully by […]