Peace - and so it continues

2nd-5th graders Riverview Int'l Academy, Lakeside, CA.

I learned something new last week. International Day of Peace, or Peace Day, is celebrated not only on September 21st, but continues until October 2nd, the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi. So you have several more days to join the world in focusing on peace!

I've been obsessing about peace this week. I check the International Day of Peace Facebook page every morning and every evening. I figured I can get my world news from there as people from all over the world are posting. And it's a great way to stay focused on peace. What a wonderful thing - connecting with people from around the world who share a similar goal of peace - the power of the internet and Facebook.

What do I think will happen by continuously checking the FB page? I'm not entirely sure.

Byron Bay Australia

I know that when I read the stories of peace, hope and love from around the world it makes me feel good. Then I am in a good mood and take that with me, to my family, to work...when I look at it at night I go to bed with a calm feeling in my heart. I am thinking of the stories and the faces.

But am I accomplishing anything?

On the one hand I am leading a healthier life. Stress kills - or at least weakens our immune system. I am hoping for something more then just a healthier life. I'd like to think that all my thoughts of peace are little vibrations I am sending out to the universe.

You know what it feels like when someone smiles at you, or holds the door, or does anything courteous - you feel better for a little while. It goes away. But if it keeps happening, people keep smiling and acknowledging you as a fellow human being, you keep feeling good, happy, and passing it on.

UN Chapel - International Day of Peace

So I'm hoping my new found obsession with peace is causing continuous vibrations of happiness, emanating out to the world around me, from the people I pass on the street, to the people I connect with online. Take a moment to create some peace in you and see what happens.

"May there be Peace between and within all People, Animals and Nature so that we live in balance, harmony and sacred interconnectedness with one another and with Gaia."