We can all discover the gift of peace

Words of wisdom can reach the eye and ear, but they may not penetrate the awful darkness of the prejudiced mind's locked closet.

Hatred and anger, accompanied by distortions and lies, become tortuous at least, murderous at worst. We have seen both.

War is not only a mindset of the weak who are unskilled at nonviolent conflict resolution; it is an insane act against the innocent, especially children.

Wisdom is foolish without love and leaves us stranded on the mainland of unforgiving rationalization and the cynicism of the closed mind's shortsighted perception.

There is a redemptive path that only God travels between the harsh biased perception of the mind and the beautiful island of the heart.

Our deepest desire for peace and our protective stance for the right to life should compel us to avoid the accidental killing of innocent children at all cost.

Nuclear pre-emption and disproportionate nuclear retaliation should remain off the table.

We can all discover and share the loving grace and gift of peace in nature's poem in places all over our good earth with new perspectives that no one but God has ever seen before: under the beautiful canopy of a tree or on a mountain or by the sea.

George E Bedingfield

Arlington Heights