Peace on earth

I'm a peace lover. I don't tend to fight about things. 

I'd like to see the world more peaceful, fairer, more just.

And not all imposed from above.

Some people don't want peace. That was a shocking thing for me to accept. There are people in the world who don't want peace, because they gain from violence. There are people who don't want fairness, because they want advantage.

I'm not saying I think all worldly goods should be distributed equally. It feels as if, if there were no way to get ahead by effort and ambition, the world would be depressing. We're a curious species. We want to see what happens when we do this. And we like being rewarded for effort.

But I also think that people who can't or don't want to work their butts off, who can be satisfied with a simple life, for whatever reason should still have minimal resources to feed themselves, stay warm, be safe. I think we'd achieve more as a species if we felt safe and supported.


I don't expect us to achieve perfection over night, but I feel like now we're moving in the wrong direction entirely.


I'm just going to write here, anonymously, because this is stuff I don't feel like I can say in this politically hostile time. I've had way too much shouting and dealing with hostile people. But there is a part of me that needs to speak up, to be responsible, to help make a change. Maybe I'm just a voice crying in the dark. But maybe my voice will give others courage. Not to fight, but to speak. 

The pen is mightier than the sword. Education is more powerful than war. There's a lot of darkness right now, on this the darkest day of the year in the Western Hemisphere. With the trip back toward longer days, I hope we will begin to move toward the light in other ways.

Love to all.