Words in support of no war.

Formerly known as "peace"

Legacy concept, peace.

Romans waring.

Not just an absence of conflict. Not a place of void to be filled later with something better, more useful or conferring of status.

Our world of agitation and discourse can’t imagine it because it, (we) can’t agree. So where there is no agreement, there can be no peace there by definition.

So peace then can be known as the sigh the world had after WWII but prior to Korea. Or peace may be described as a sunrise on a new day, an awakening from sleep. Those moments when a stretch and a yawn give way to squinting for coffee when a day is full of promise and free of conflict. Before conflict rises agin in ones mind.

As conflict rises and falls a society has ways of coping. Expanding and contracting around ideas that will quell unrest, bringing quiet to the front whether peace resides or silenced unrest festers. Is there an example of a peaceful time? Indeed, the Pax Romana lasted a flimsy 200 years. For all our history that’s the best we can do it seems.

Pretty disappointing end to a good run. Remind you of anyone?

Is peacefulness not possible because of our nature to be combative, or is diversity of natures among us, that again by nature we can’t abide the differences? Can understanding the problem bring a solution? If it could, the best minds would have cracked it by now. My best opinion but opinion it is and each of us have been awarded with one in the 21st century. This is not the problem at hand! said 7.888 billion people on planet earth in one strong voice (sarcasm button pushed hard here).

Nobel peace prize nominee (among other things), Volodymyr Zelenskyy has some points to make today about the matter. He’s speaking in Ukrainian, there are titles and his voice conveys a lot so maybe listen anyway.

Video of remarks on X/Twitter talking about peace.

In the above X/Twitter posting he said:

Terror has opened far too many fronts against humanity. The war against Ukraine. The war in the Middle East. Terrible destabilizations throughout Africa. Constant attempts to cause a crisis on the global food market. Being strong under such circumstances is to confront terror. Being a large country is not enough. Being a wealthy country is not enough. It's not enough to have ambitions. Being strong means helping to protect people and life against any form of terror. Helping. That is the way.

In another video, Zelenskyy makes similar remarks re Israel.

The lines of allegiance for democracy, small d, big rewards are being drawn in the world and here in my head, and in our government which is massively weird in this moment but MT Green proudly advocated again, for removal she fought for, of all aid to Ukraine to be schtripped as she pronounces it, on Fox just today. McCarthy voices unity with Biden in the official US government support of Israel.

What looked like a parade in support of Palestine was reported on MSNBC with a journalist in front of the row of protesters? Don’t you know, they were bothsidsing it. Muslims for Palestine in Chicago and Jews for Israel in NY. They were carrying banners the width of the street. More reminiscent of a St. Patty’s Day NY parade up 5th. Happy to have been represented, finally having a voice, through Hamas. Opening chapters near us soon?

In another unexpected blink the world is changed again so quickly. There are false idols and prophets and even false “facts” and true alliances that fail. “Helping.” as Zelenskyy says, the easy to understand act of looking outside oneself and recognizing pain and suffering and to make the priority to remove it, or try, we have high labels for work like that, but to President Zelenskyy it’s a simple 4 letter word. Help, a word to which our Jimmy Carter was also dedicated.

Thanks for being here. ❤️ Another four letter word, v o t e. Make it a blue one.