Let This Be Thy Rod and Thy Staff



Yes, it is pointless to protest against state-sponsored murder, to plead for sanity and reason and compassion, to say no to the warmongers and war profiteers. Yes, it is inevitable that we will destroy each other for a few dollars more, or for an imagined god with a white beard instead of a black one. But Peace is a vibration too, and would love to have you as a friend.

Be defiant, and ask the soldier and the farmer and the baker and the mother and the office worker and the neighbor and the moon and the sun and all the stars, indeed all the universe to chant with you, to sing with you, to affirm life and to not be cowed by those in love with power and the enticements of destruction: all we are saying is give peace a chance. Funny, people still think those are subversive words!

Keep those words in your hearts and on your lips, and if you feel alone, that's okay too: just give peace a chance.

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