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Apr 12, 2018
"Peace is the only battle worth waging." --Albert Camus
The Very Best Way to Pray for Peace
When a CIA analyst began an interfaith quest for citizen diplomacy by standing shoulder to shoulder with a veiled woman, and listening to the Imam ask, "Don't we all bleed when we're hurt?" she was grateful to be praying alongside Muslims instead of interrogating them in Afghanistan for the CIA after 9/11. She continues to work with Muslim communities in the belief that peace in the Middle East can only emerge from small, grassroots efforts. Politicians could profit from her story...
BE THE CHANGE
In any situation of violence there's the possibility of discovering that we are all human beings in need of love and attention. Find someone today who puts you off, and climb into their shoes for a little while to have an experience of their way of living.
