by Kathie MM
Consistent with its goal of promoting peace within and among nations, the United Nations, in 1981, established the International Day of Peace; in 2002, September 21st became the permanent date for the International Day of Peace.
Did you know today was the International Day of Peace? If not, why not? You would know if it was Labor Day, or Memorial Day, or Halloween, right? So why is there no hoopla about a peace day?
At any rate, today is an internationally declared Day of Peace, and here we are again, most of us hoping for, praying for peace, which probably seems as elusive as ever. How can we get there, in our daily lives, our relationships, our messages to our government? Here is one suggestion, from my friend Tom Greening:
RISE UP
Don’t be an angry, hurtful troll.
Rise up and show you have a soul.
Don’t waste your strength in violence,
don’t do cruel deeds that make no sense.
The world needs men, not angry boys.
Help others have life’s thrills and joys.
Explore the ways in which you can
show that you are a loving man.
As years go by you will be proud
you rose above the madding crowd.
Tom Greening
And to learn more about what YOU can do to help move the world away from war and more towards peace, today and every day, check out this World Without War website
Tom Greening was educated at Yale, the University of Vienna, and the University of Michigan. He has been a psychologist in private practice for over 50 years, and is a retired professor from Saybrook University, UCLA, and Pepperdine. He was Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology for 35 years. He is a Fellow of five divisions of the American Psychological Association and Poet Laureate of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry.