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Flip the Script on Peace
Week Two: Flip the Script on Peace:
Day Eight: November 8, 2023
“Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples. It is not enough to speak out against war; the causes of war must be eliminated.” Rigoberta Menchú Tum
(Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a K’iche’ Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala’s Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War, and to promoting Indigenous rights internationally.)
When I think about peace, the first thoughts that arise are songs about an ideal of the world I want to live in.
“I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.” ~The New Seekers
“We are the world. We are the children. We are the ones who make a brighter day so let’s start giving.” ~USA for Africa
How will I know…
I know because my heart tells me so. ~Beautiful World in Existence
People holding hands, caring, and living in peace and harmony was the fantasy world I lived in growing up…
