The discussion around world peace has been on the table all my life. Groups have been formed promoting peace, some of them stupid enough to do stunts that set people against them.
There have been leaders such as Gandhi and his peace through non-violence, yet no one has been able to convince the people on this planet that we are one race, with different sunblock depending on how close to the sun we are born.
Third Rock from the Sun
This image was taken in February 1990 by NASA’s Voyager One. It’s known as the Pale Blue Dot, and it was taken from 3.7 billion miles away. The Earth is in a sunbeam. If this doesn’t put our place in space and time into perspective, what does?
Yet we think that everything that happens on this planet is so important. That we’re so important. That our beliefs, origins, skin colour or religion are worth killing for. A few more miles away and you wouldn’t be able to see us!
As I look at that I think about how alone we are in such vastness. Perfectly positioned to have our beautiful blue planet, covered in water, where so much thrives. We are so lucky. Sadly too many of us are too stupid for the rest of us to enjoy the journey, especially now.
I can’t begin to make sense of it but I’m going to try.
When will we wake up?
Not as in being woke, or falling out of bed in the morning still tangled in your bedcovers. When will we develop perspective and common sense? When will we look for what unites us, not divides us? When will we stop looking for things to be offended by, differences, and understand that most humans have the most important things in common: That our children, families, and pets are well, safe, and happy.
We act as if we’re different. We divide by skin colour and religion. We fuss about the genuinely felt genders of others who will have no affect on us whatsoever. Some feel that their land of birth matters more than others. Once you get that then you decide to take some more land for some reason that has no place in a sane society.
In truth I couldn’t give a toss that I’m British, my parents met, I was conceived, here I am. I could have landed anywhere, been any race, any colour, and I cannot imagine that I would feel any different. No race, no nationality, no colour, no gender, no religion, no belief system, no prejudice, nothing, nothing, nothing, is more important than a safe and happy life with sufficient food and water. Not one thing!
Destroying this planet to triumph over ashes makes no sense whatsoever, except to those who may want to die in an underground bunker while they wait for the planet to recover, which it will, and it will do better without us.
Can something as simple as common sense and asking people to consider both their beliefs and behaviour help? I don’t know, but it’s time to try.
Best love
Amorah – Deb
Who makes no apologies for being a loving light!
Deb Hawken - Amorah 