[Jane of Arc]

We have the power to contain global warming.

We have the power to restore our home, Earth.

We have the power to conserve energy.

We have the power to end war.

We have the power to listen and understand different cultures.

We have the power to respect different religions and beliefs.

We have the power to heal each other.

We have the power to love each other.



But our "leaders", who take our tax money for our "general welfare", don't do these things.

Bush would never say love and understand the "insurgents", for we must love our enemy.

The most powerful "leaders" feed on and benefit from war, death, destruction and mostly fear. They thrive on terror.

We all know that the only end to terror is love. When a child awakes terrified in the night, we soothe them. We love them.

The world needs soothing. The world needs love.


And that is exactly how we take our planet back. We choose not to be afraid. We choose not to fight. We choose to understand. We choose to care. We choose love. And that love must come from each and every one of us.

Now is the time for the courage of love. And love gives humanity a bright vision of our future.

[-V-]

thank you, Jane. We need more of your new-age insights here. With the media dragging us down with their focus on the power of money, war and terror our spirits are starving for more exposure to people who are not afraid to talk about the power of "love".

[Jennifer_SFBA]

Jane of Arc, I love your spirit! You are right on! This room's discussions do need to tackle very weighty, substantive issues as well, so I'm going to introduce a new thread as a beginning toward meeting that need. In dealing with it, people should and really need to keep in mind the guiding principles you have so well expressed.

[Jane of Arc]

I am SO happy you're here Jennifer!!! :jumpjoy:

[Jennifer_SFBA]

and I am SO HAPPY you, Jane of Arc, and MAGI, and FDRfollower are here to! Now I have some very nice and very good and very smart new friends who want to make our world a better place for everyone! YEAH!!!

[Wafflepudding]

It is harder to love your enemy than to destroy it. It is easier to hate and ostracize than to incluide and understand. It is far cheaper and faster to nuke a city to oblivion than to improve the quality of life for all its inhabitants. Love, between individuals and between peoples, is a true test of courage, worthy of any medal or award given to soldiers.

Yet we, as a society, as a civilization, reward violent behavior more than sacrifice. Even sacrifice is promoted in the context of agression, instead of the context of caring. There are more movies about soldiers than teachers, about detectives than firemen, more movies about people getting revenge, than people learning to forgive. The emphasis is on destruction, not on construction, and healing takes a backseat to maiming.

Is the teacher that goes to educate and shape the future minds that will inhabit this society any less heroic than the soldier who lays down his life in the name of our safety? Why do you have to die and/or kill to be a hero?

I do not believe love is the answer to all of our problems. But there's certainly an awful lack of it in our society, and I can't help but wonder, if we tried to understand and help more, and punish and destroy less, if we would have a better world as a result.

I admire both the men and women that fight for us, and the men and women that heal and build for us. I believe that both the ying and the yang are necesary. I believe that help takes many shapes, and the appropiate response must be flexible and adaptative. We must fight when we have to, but we most also heal when we can. We don't need less might, but we could certainly use more love.

[Jennifer_SFBA]

Yes, I know with love we do have a MUCH BETTER WORLD, wp. Thank you for expressing it.