International Day of Peace

Peace comes at a cost. There is much struggling, even within the soul, before one can find peace. And since there is not peace in the world today let us try even harder to find peace within ourselves. Let the wrestling and self debasement stop and let us love ourselves and our neighbors.

In my travels I have found that language is a real barrier for communication but once you break through and can understand anothers words hearts open. Then we begin to see that we are all alike. Just people trying to survive and love our families.

However, there are somethings that we can communicate without words. Like delight in a new born baby. When I was studying abroad in Italy I was on a waterbus in Venice. It was crowed and I stood next to a woman with a baby stroller. In the stroller was a sleeping baby. As I looked at the little babe he yawned and it was so sweet, both myself and the baby's mother began to laugh. We needed no words to share in that moment or to know what the other was thinking. We really are all the same.

Happy peace day to all of you! Peaceful wishes for the future! May you all have an especially peaceful day today!