Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Peace Is The Way

  
PEACE IS THE WAY
 
By Alan Nordstrom

“There is no way to peace; peace is the way,”
 
Wise Gandhi said, by which I think he meant
 
We have to be that which we seek, and play
 
The role we would become with clear intent.
 
For as I think and act so shall I be,
 
And so the world around me shall become:
 
If violently, then war shall vanquish me;
 
If lovingly, then peace shall still the drum.
 
It’s in our hands and hearts and minds to choose
 
The manner we live by, day after day:
 
Shall it be marching boots or dancing shoes,
 
Aggression or compassion? Pick the way,
 
Not where to go, but who and how to be:
 
To live in anger—or serenity.

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