Making Peace -
By Sun and Planets Spirituality AYINRIN
African-American Wisdom
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
-- Maya Angelou, African-American poet, writer, and civil rights activist
Anglican Wisdom
If you want peace, don't talk to your friends, talk to your enemies.
-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican leader and theologian
Zen Wisdom
When you are able to love your enemy, he or she is no longer your enemy. The idea of "enemy" vanishes and is replaced by the notion of someone who is suffering and needs your compassion.
— Thich Nhat Hanh in Living Buddha, Living Christ
Catholic Wisdom
Strive to be patient by putting up with the defects of others. Why? Because you've saddled onto others the infirmities that are dragging you down.
-- Thomas A. Kempis in The Imitation of Christ
Literary Wisdom
There are no right answers to wrong questions.
-- Ursula K. Le Guin, American science fiction writer
Jewish Wisdom
We hunger for communities for meaning that can transcend the individualism and selfishness that we see around us and that will provide an ethical and spiritual framework that gives our lives some higher purpose.
-- Michael Lerner in The Politics of Meaning
Prayer
May the blessing of God go before you.
May Her grace and peace abound.
May Her Spirit live within you.
May Her love wrap you ‘round.
May Her blessing remain with you always.
May you walk on holy ground.
-- Miriam Therese Winter in Life Prayers from Around the World
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