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Love is better than anger
“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” –Jack Layton’s letter to Canadians, 2011 Response: Sometimes I let … Continue reading
Posted in Fear, freedom, Humanity, Life, Peace, Uncategorized
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We’ll talk of sunshine and song
To A Butterfly I’VE watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And, little Butterfly! indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless!—not frozen seas More motionless! and then What joy awaits you, when … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Life, Peace
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This is spring
If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbles down a marshy flood; Ankle-deep you stick in mud In the meadows while you … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Happiness, Imagination, Nature, Peace, Quiet
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Let us strive
But peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. And if it is cast out there, then no act, no pact, no treaty, no organization can hope to preserve … Continue reading
Posted in Humanity, Peace, People
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What a wonderful world?
Some of you young folks been saying to me, “Hey Pops, what you mean ‘What a wonderful world’? How about all them wars all over the place? You call them wonderful? And how about hunger and pollution? That aint so … Continue reading
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It did not happen
At the Un-National Monument Along the Canadian Border This is the field where the battle did not happen, where the unknown soldier did not die. This is the field where grass joined hands, where no monument stands, and the only … Continue reading
