Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The Day’s theme for 2016 is “The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace.” The Sustainable Development Goals are integral to achieving peace in our time, as development and peace are interdependent and mutually reinforcing.
http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/
WOMEN - Untapped Source of Peace
Untapped source of peace,
The only real hope
Is to draw upon the collective wisdom of women.
Those with direct experience of the cost of war:
The life of child, grandchild, sibling, spouse.
The loss of limb or mind of someone near and dear,
The loss of laughter, the pervasiveness of fear,
The loss of hope for the future.
Untapped source of peace,
Those who have known domestic violence
Seen the effect of bullying on sons
Seen daughters become silent
Seen light go out in their eyes
The loss of innocence,
in an unsafe world.
the message delivered
that they don't matter.
Untapped source of peace,
Women with empathy
who live in a world apart:
are safe, loved, and fortunate.
yet can imagine
being helpless, beaten and raped
Then forced to bear a child
conceived in violence.
Women who know in their hearts
That what happens to any woman
anywhere
could happen to them.
Untapped source of peace
Women who see loved ones filled with vengeance and hate,
Hyper-vigilant, fear-ridden, or afraid to sleep
Because of the nightmares.
Husbands, brothers, sons and now daughters
Home from wars
Bearing little resemblance to who they could have been
In a peaceful world.
Untapped source of peace
Women in circles,
Women connecting,
Women together
Bringing the sacred feminine,
Maternal instinct, sister archetype
Mother power
Into the world.
--Jean Shinoda Bolen
From Urgent Message From Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World
Извор: WUNRN – 21.09.2016
