Some to Buddha or off toward Mecca.
There are those who worship nature or the spirits of the world, and there are those who don't pray at all.
But tonight I pray for something that I think we all can stand together in if we drop the Religion, Theology, Mysticism and Science that we serve.
Peace.
As I sit up way too late on Tuesday, just a couple of weeks away from Christmas, I find that there is only one thing that I truly want this year. More of the peace that I've sought and found in spurts over the last three years. Not a peace that comes from rallies with signs or an end to War, but the simple ideal that there is a new hope, a fresh morning and a chance to move away from the darkness that looms over our heads.
If one at a time we all said our own prayer for peace - in whatever fashion we choose - and looked inward toward the human pulse that does truly unite us, couldn't we make such a radical change on this planet.
The thought is simple. Implementation is where the work happens. But it's only up to the individual to strive for more balance within. There doesn't have to be some 'meeting', an alter call, a terrorist attack, or even a radical thought. Just take a breath. Stop in the daily commotion.
And "give peace a chance".
Two, one two three four
Everybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism
Ragism, Tagism, this-ism, that-ism
Ism ism ism
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Everybody's talkin' 'bout ministers, sinisters
Banisters and canisters, bishops and fishops
Rabbis and pop eyes, bye bye, bye byes
All we are saying, is give peace a chance
All we are saying, is give peace a chance
Let me tell you now
Everybody's talking about, revolution
Evolution, masturbation, flagellation
Regulation, integrations, meditations
United Nations, congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Everybody's talking about, John and Yoko
Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy smothers
Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Taylor
Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
~ John Lennon
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