“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”~ Mahatma Gandhi

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace … War is over; if you want it to be.” ~ John Lennon

It is a simple sociological Truth that Peace always works when we have the courage to implement it courageously. Humans are herd animals, my Friends, and as such we are programmed at our most primal level to reciprocate the acts of Kindness shown to us — programmed to “expand our herd”, so to speak. This is why the hand that feeds simply cannot (and will not) be repeatedly bitten by any enemy — and this is True no matter hungry or enraged or crazed our enemy’s mouth happens to be. I admit, we don’t see this Truth played out very often — if only because so few of us are choosing to be courageous enough to try it — and yet a psychological reality it remains.

In this sense — and here’s the really Good News, we are NEVER helpless or “too weak” to defend our lives or the lives of those we Love. We never need feel powerless or hopeless in the face of any difficulty or any danger. Because even in the darkest of hours and even when facing the mightiest of foes, each & every one of us always has an option that works every time … namely, radical Kindness — Peace in the form of a verb.

It is not the easiest option to engage, of course. Indeed, it is often downright terrifying to do so. AND YET it always works — every time, in every way, on every enemy.

As such, using our apparent weakness as an excuse to avoid the difficult deed of courageous Kindness is nothing more than thinly veiled cowardice.

We may adopt the propagandized catch-phrases that have been drilled into us from birth (“we have to fight for what is rightfully ours” … “one person just can’t make a difference” … “the government won’t listen to us anyway” … “only force can win the day” … “evil only responds to violence”), and yet they will fail as they have always failed. Our enemies will defend themselves and grow stronger … Our freedom will be castrated by our own shears and left at the feet of our slobbering government … Our families will be even less safe than before. And all that will remain will be our fear.

AND YET we need not be cowards any longer.

Be it facing an enemy in the workplace or facing an enemy overseas, there is NEVER a time for violence … Be it facing an enemy at home or confronting an enemy abroad, there is ALWAYS an opportunity for true bravery — there is ALWAYS an opportunity to further Peace.

Despite what our politicians tell us and despite what we see on TV and despite what we have been taught by our parents & preachers, we are not “only human” — helplessly subject to the whims of our primitive egos and the lusts of our equally primitive “leaders”.

No, my dear Friends, we are HUMAN — each & every one of us.

And it is high-time we started acting like it.

“Peace is the only battle worth waging.” ~ Albert Camus

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