In an earlier blog post, I stated that I was angry and felt like throwing my toys out of my playpen.
Unfortunately, when people throw their toys out on a larger scale, it creates enormous suffering. The news story of the moment is Gaza, but this year tragedies also have unfolded in Sudan, Chad, Zimbabwe, Congo and elsewhere.
It is my dearest wish that humankind would create peace.
I don't know how to persuade people in far away places to do that. The only thing I know how to do is to spend each day learning a bit more about compassionate communication and implementing it right here in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. My primary vehicles for that are my membership of Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community and use of our consensus decision-making model.
As Gandhi said, Be the change you want to see in the world.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
More Flying Toys
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