Remember Peace!!

November 11th is Remembrance Day, a time when so many people take time to remember wars, death, destruction, and of course to remember the soldiers that fought in those wars, experienced the destruction, and many who died violent, nasty deaths. Of course, all these wonderful people that take time to remember believe they are doing a good thing, and far be it from me to say they are or they aren't...

Something else that I think we must remember and think about is that what we think about, we bring about. Our thoughts are creative! And knowing that our thoughts create our experiences, I choose to work very hard at thinking only about the things I want, and not about that which I don't want!! And so...

I choose to remember PEACE!! There are many facts about peace in our history, and I will share only a drop in that bucket with you here today:


Peace Activities in the 2^nd week of November through the years:

* Spain and England signed a peace treaty......1630 ad

* Spain and France signed a peace treaty......1659 ad

* Sweden and Hanover signed a peace treaty......1720 ad

* WWI allies and Bulgaria signed a peace treaty......1920 ad

* President Wilson received the Nobel Peace Prize......1920 ad

* Pacifist writer Carl Von Ossietsky received the Nobel Peace Prize......1936 ad

* The Red Cross received the Nobel Peace Prize......1944 ad

* Cardell Hull received the Nobel Peace Prize, established the United Nations......1945 ad

*250,000 people converged on Washington to demonstrate for peace......1969 ad

* USSR and Vietnam signed a peace treaty......1970 ad

Other Nobel Peace Prize recipients on or about November 11:
Mother Theresa, Ellie Wiesell, Nelson Mandella

I must confess that I did not do this research myself, that was done by Rev. Dale Jukes of the Okanagan Centre for Positive Living and shared in his talk on Sunday November 5th, 2006. Wanting to focus on peace, I asked him for a copy of these facts and he was good enough to oblige me.

I wish you all PEACE ON EARTH... 365 DAYS A YEAR!!!