Dear kindness people,
Most of us know a lot of trivia, dates and facts about war
and conflict, but do we know the same about peace? Did you now that today is The International Day of
Peace? Let me introduce you to some
information about PEACE and International Day of Peace.
PEACE is recognized as both an
innate state of Being, and a dynamic evolutionary process wherein constructive
growth can occur and the children of this and future generations may gain hope for a better world to inherit. If
you will try to look for some synonyms for this word, you will find lots of
them: noun harmony, agreement; accord ,
friendship , love , reconciliation , truce , unity, amity, armistice,
cessation , conciliation, concord,
neutrality , order , pacification , pacifism , treaty, unanimity, union.
As much as synonyms, you can find lots of quotes about peace said by
celebrities or written in books. Let me get you inspired by some of them:
1. “Make
peace with silence, and remind yourself that it is in this space that you'll
come to remember your spirit. When you're able to transcend an aversion to
silence, you'll also transcend many other miseries. And it is in this silence
that the remembrance of God will be activated.”
― Wayne W.
Dyer
2. “The
person who hurt you--who raped you or killed your family--is also here. If you
are still angry at that person, if you haven't been able to forgive, you are
chained to him. Everyone could feel the emotional truth of that: When someone
offends you and you haven't let go, every time you see him, you grow breathless
or your heart skips a beat. If the trauma was really severe, you dream of
revenge. Above you, is the Mountain of Peace and Prosperity where we all want to
go. But when you try to climb that hill, the person you haven't forgiven weighs
you down. It's a personal choice whether or not to let go. No one can tell you
how long to mourn a death or rage over a rape. But you can't move forward until
you break that chain.”
― Leymah
Gbowee, Mighty Be Our Powers: How
Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
3. “What if
guns shot clouds, rather than bullets? Then they’d not only be peaceful, but
they’d be delayed water guns. Is there a Nobel Farm Prize?”
― Jarod
Kintz, How to put out forest fires with
your naked body
4. “Never
give a person a piece of your mind when all you really wanted to do was give
them a piece of your heart.”
― Shannon L.
Alder
5. “It seems
like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There
are just breaths between them, and foolishly, we call those breaths
“peace".”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant
Now, if you already
know enough about this tiny/immense word, let’s read some facts about The International Day of Peace:
1. International
Day of Peace seeks to promote peace among nations and peoples.
2. It was
established by the United Nations in 1981.
3. Jeremy Gilley founded Peace One Day, a
non-profit organisation in 2001.
4. Peace One
Day’s efforts were rewarded when the member states of the United Nations
unanimously adopted the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and
non-violence on 21 September – Peace Day. The United Nations and associated
agencies and staff have received the Nobel Peace Prize 10 times in the last 60
years.
5. In 2002,
the United Nations declared it a permanent holiday.
6. The theme of the 2015
International Day of Peace is "Partnerships
for Peace - Dignity for All".
If now you
are motivated by this day, there are Top Events and Things to Do on International
Day of Peace:
•
Plant a peace tree.
•
Light a candle at dusk in support of world
peace.
•
Practice peaceful resolution and problem solving
skills in your daily interpersonal interactions.
•
Attend a peace rally.
And finally,
don’t forget:
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