Mother's Day: A Call for Peace

Arise, then, women of this day!
 Arise all women who have hearts,
Whether your baptism be that of water or of tears
Say firmly:
 
“We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been [...]

Season for Nonviolence: Day 47

Day 47: March 17

The thought for today is DISARMAMENT.

“Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man’s creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of [...]

I Create Peace

 

I create peace when I humbly exercise my intelligence to the advantage of my fellow man.

I create peace when I honor other’s opinions which may differ from my own.

I create peace when I show regard for the rights and properties of others.

I create peace when I show respect for what another has honestly acquired.

I create peace when I [...]

Peace and nonviolence

 

 

 

 

Today is the day we set aside to honor the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The photo posted here is one of my favorites of Dr. King. In the background, you see a portrait of Mohandas Gandhi hanging on the wall. Gandhi’s [...]