The Missing Peace
I have brothers in Israel and sisters in Palestine...
It’s time to stop letting history repeat itself.
The road to peace must come from a place of love.
I’ve been getting lost in thought more than usual lately…trying to find the end of some very dark and deep rabbit holes.
I have been waiting to share the right words, and then, out of the darkness and confusion, clarity came to me in the form of the poem shared above.
My wife, Alisa, also helped ignite the inspiration.
A few days ago, we were talking and I told her, “I feel like I need to do something.”
To which she replied, “You’re a writer. Write.”
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I am shocked and saddened at the loss, suffering, and failure of the human race.
But failures must be learned from.
We can attack the virus and slow the infection, but we cannot attack the source. The source must awaken from within.
So I send love and peace, and now is the time to heal. But then we must find a way to do things differently.
We must find a way to love.
Hate and fear cannot exist when there is love.
And true love comes first from within.
Love of Self leads to love of life, and then respect for all. And that requires freedom.
It may take time, but it’s time to start.
[Scroll to the bottom for the full poem, “The Missing Peace”]
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Mike’s quote of the week:
“Whatever you’re going through right now, know that it’s darkest before the dawn…and I send you love.” - MM
What I’m pondering:
Retaliation and obliteration of terrorism…are these justified and worthy goals or continuing the patterns of the past?
Things I’ve shared recently:
And just like that, the world gets brighter [a short, true story]
There’s a lot of hate in this world, but so much more love.
Sometimes, only a nightmare can wake us up…
Do you find value in these stories? Consider sharing this with your friends, family, and coworkers. I truly appreciate you!
Enjoy the journey,
Mike
Full poem: The Missing Peace
I have brothers in Israel,
And sisters in Palestine.
And so do you.
You’re human, aren’t you?
Our hearts all beat the same,
This world can be insane,
But does it have to be?
History repeats not because we fail,
But because we don’t learn.
So what do we earn?
Bitter, broken hearts,
Spirals of revenge,
Inhumanity breeding inhumanity,
Atrocities and horrors.
Blaming and condemning the many,
For just a few,
Who clearly know not what they do.
For we are all born as love,
We learn to hate.
But our fate; not set, not sealed.
This is the time to heal.
Thus, I pray for love, not peace,
Only from love can peace be born.
Let us finally see,
Old beliefs are worn.
For no one wants to sit atop a box of tinder,
Fear hinders.
Constant fear of the next eruption,
The next disruption.
On the edge of explosion,
Kept in the darkness of our oneness,
Our unity.
And hate goes viral, only leading to more.
But there is no “winnable war”,
Only lies to fuel fear’s goal,
To keep us controlled.
The time to be shaken,
The time to awaken,
Is now.
To know that a death in battle,
Any death, on any “side”,
Is merely a sign…
Of our unawareness,
Of buying into the illusion,
The delusion,
The veil that still shadows this earth in darkness…
Separation.
But night is darkest before the dawn.
And this is a new dawn.
The awakening into a new day,
Because we finally know,
We live this way because we’ve lived this way.
The past is gone,
It didn’t work.
It doesn’t work,
It won’t work.
The road ahead,
Not easy but simple.
For all agreements, pacts, and toleration,
Reinforce our differences,
Pitting nation against nation.
Only when we stop seeing us and them.
And start seeing us in them.
With our different beliefs, customs, and even Gods,
This world becomes a beautiful collage.
For Creation dances in so many forms,
And there simply is no room for hate,
When there is no fear.
It becomes obvious…
Only brothers and sisters here.
This can be so,
This is the call,
A respect for all.
The deepest knowing of this Truth:
We are not -alone- … we are -all one-,
Humanity is one species,
And all beings have just one source.
This uni-verse is one song,
One symphony,
Waiting for the cue.
It cannot begin with them,
It can only begin with you.
Only love knows what to do.
It can only begin with you.
To live in heaven.
This can be heaven.
This will be heaven.
When we rise from the ashes,
Determined to determine where we go from here.
It may take time,
But it’s time to start.
And as we do our part,
And generations anew,
Are born from love, grow in love, and live in love.
When they feel the freedom to love themselves,
And life,
They can cause no harm.
The day will come when differences cause no alarm.
No fear of attack,
When we all have each others’ back.
This is the path, the missing piece,
The missing peace.
Loving humans, finally free,
Intertwined roots of one glorious tree,
And on that day, when I look at you,
I’ll just see me.
And you’ll look at me,
And just see you.
Because when we finally know we are one,
We’ll finally know what is true.
-Mike Messeroff