Peace...

Peace: it’s a loaded word; a loaded concept; and from the looks of this world, an unattainable philosophy.

What brings me to even talk about such a word? Well, the other day, I received a tweet that said something to the effect of, “let peace fill your thoughts today”…. or something along those lines.

Being a perpetual student of life, I chose to immediately put those wise words into practice. I began thinking of peaceful places; peaceful images; peaceful people… and as often occurs when I start to think, my thoughts took on a life of their own, and suddenly they stopped dead in their tracks when they came across the phrase: “All is fair in love and war”.

I stopped; let the words really take form and I then began to feel sick.

All I could do was ask: “Really? Who was the idiot who coined this idiom?”

No wonder our world is in such turmoil.

To suggest that it is “honorable” or “in your right” to be manipulative, deceitful, and just plain rotten in the name of love, country or faith is counter to the ideas of humanity, patriotism and religion, in my opinion.

Why would anyone believe in a God who asked people to treat their neighbor unfairly?

Why would anyone trust in a land led by men who can’t see the right for all men to live life with dignity?

Why would anyone accept in their lives someone who gave them a foundation of lies?

For me, stumbling across this phrase made me realize that this is exactly what I don’t want to teach my children.

Instead, I want them to have the tools to be a part of a group that sees pride in country as taking care of its countrymen; to a accept that our God is a God who loves unconditionally; and I want to make sure that when they choose their life mate, it is because that person will honor and love them in return.