On Veterans Day we not only honor those who have risked or given their lives in military service, we also remember the “eleventh day of the eleventh month” when the First World War was declared at an end. We cherish the warriors, but we honor them most deeply by creating peace.
What will you do today to create peace in your small part of the world?
If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
―Lao Tse
In honor of United Nations Day, what will you do today to make peace?
Is this a picture of stillness and peace, or a picture of headlong motion? What does a fisherman see looking at this river? A kayaker? A fish? You’ve probably heard the saying that you can’t step twice in the same river. But really, no two of us sees the same river, even at precisely the same moment.
How might you see things from another’s perspective today?
