#peace

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two people in the ocean under the sun's fading rays by artist and photographer Sharon Cummings.

No conflict can be resolved with violence, none.

When people are injured or killed, the hope of a peaceful solution is ended.

Children who could pave the way to a better future die.

Children who should learn that a future without violence should be possible have no hope of it because adults are unwilling or unable to set this example for them.

I personally am not on any side, only on the side of

A highway in was shut down by SEVERAL thousand protesters marching for a ceasefire, and a lot of major Western media outlets are not telling you about it.

Instead, places like CTV News and CNN are telling you that died.

Cool.

This protest brought to you by Voice for , Resources and Organizing Center, and the Youth Movement... and protestors like you. ❤

"I feel blue," the mountains said, "but not because I'm sad. I'm blue because my trees are lightly covered with the first snow of winter, a gentle mist swirls around me, and the blue sky reflects its rich colors in mine. Everything is crisp, clean, and beautiful."

Blue Mist framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/blue-mist-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

Framed print of an original oil painting by Steve Henderson depicting a winter scene in the wilderness mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

From a short of profound, at times, aphoristic meditations that I picked up at a local :

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‘A true letter can produce a transformation in the other person, and therefore in the world.

But before it produces a transformation in the other person, it has to produce a transformation within you.

The time you take to write the letter may be your whole life.’

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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'For when the heart gets changed, everything changes.

Not everyone needs to be brought low, shaken and stirred, and reduced to a state of powerlessness and despair to find the path to inner peace and freedom.

But I did!'

— Cormac Stagg

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