The squeaky wheel does not always need to be greased.

Ever hear the phrase, "just because it is legal does not make it right" or, "just because you can does not mean you should". There are a great many examples of those phrases being played out in the world today. While a person seeks peace such moments will arise when these phrases will be balancing decisions of the world you are making and existing in. The grandest moment of such balance was the creation of the United Nations. An oath of peace to stay away from armed conflict is the goal. Not doing so well in terms of that oath these days and it might get worse still. Part of the skill sets that peace requires has restraint, patience, compassion as fundamental understandings met with action and other skills. This is not just for the world but how each of us treats our own selves. Understanding that peace is best served when each of us understands what we can do/impact/control and work on those areas first. This is where you get the advice of the little things like make your bed, smile and say hello to yourself when you wake up, thanking yourself for getting this far and of course loving yourself. These are all elements that are often mentioned in meditation sessions. The wildest part of peace is understanding that everything exists yet peace is a choice. A difficult reality when you are working to stop war, the trade of harmful/illegal goods and/or, human trafficiking. There are some truly disgusting realities that take place everyday. Finding peace in the chaos is not hard to understand, it is the doing part where most of us fail. In these days, being peaceful is more perilous as the might makes right attitude is taking hold. Sometimes the squeaky wheel should not get greased, it only breeds assholes.

Building a peaceful society

Peace requires a great deal of attention and work from everyone. The societal system is not as important as the intention of those who are using any system. Of course there are examples of hatred and harmful actions used by some to acheive peace. Part of life is that such people will always exist and so will the need to provide security from such people. That is why as long as we exist, peace building will always be needed. Democracy is often seen as a route for peace. However, there are examples of democractic systems putting in leaders who erode societies into chaos and war. Such examples are filled with individuals who fall into racist ideology using faulty logic and harmful tactics. Such people are also why peace building will always be needed. As many things in life, peace building needs to start as early as possible. This is what is often noted as raising good children. We know that when a child is raised in an environment of hate, abuse, neglect, misery and other harmful states, the trauma can impact many generations. It is believed that a society needs about four generations to heal from such trauma. In that mindset, the current world will need at least one hundred years to recover from the many wars and unpeaceful situations people are currently living with. Again, such situations show why peace building efforts can never take a break. How do we build a peaceful society? Education is paramount. Next is to have an open mind and then a will to assist in the peace building efforts. The reason for a willingness to assist rests with the fact that peace needs action/participation. The primary point of the education and action is to solidify that hatred is a starting point for destruction of peace. Hatred needs to be understood so we know what it is, when it happens and we can learn how to have the courage to stop it. Not an easy task yet it is imperative if peace is to take hold in any person. For such people, the task of peace building is a greater task because they have to accept fault, learn and if possible change. For some that is an impossible task, thus we have war and cemeteries all over the world filled with those who fought for and against peace. Such wars continue today in the minds of many people as well as in societies. It takes many years to recover from the trauma of war. We have much work ahead, unending work to be exact. The work is worth the effort to build a peaceeful society as well as the self. Enjoy the journey.

peace paths into the future

I wrote a post back in 2012 titled Strenth to Resolve Matters Peacefully. In that post I reffered to people who bring up past injustices as "stacking bodies". In the past few years I have also reffered to people that bring up past injustices as being involved in the "pain olympics". Such people will always try to make the point that thier pain/experiences are the worst or at least more than others. What is missing is that all human history includes each and very one of us. To be a peaceful person, it is needed to understand that all of human existence belongs to each of us. If it happens to you it happened to humanity. This understanding is basically rooted in the thought that we are all together in this. However, there are those that will fight to cling to the belief that they are speacial, different, and/or deserve special recognition. In all peacefullness - such thought destroys peace. So when you come up against such a person you will know immediately they are not interested in peace if they are interested in getting their own way for their own self power at the expense of others, no matter how much pain others endure. Now, each and every person will have their own experience and never again will anyone else have that experience. This is how we get to a point where the "pain olympics" begins. There are some truely horrific situations people have gone through and their story is held up as extraordinary. Luckily we have the ability to empathize. Such ability does not diminish the personal experience yet it does allow for a shared experience. In the pursuits of peace, the shared experience teaches us how to heal, learn, grow, and change. That shared experience needs to be held as a teaching point for future generations. What is should not be is a leverage point to access greater entitlements than anyone else for the rest of time. Doing so is the root causes of racism, hatred, segregation, slavery and the destruction of society and the individual. None of this is easy to do as it will seem counter to emotions and thoughts that arise when horrific events take place. Such is the need to see the peace path into the future. If at any point your thoughts are "If I harm this person all my troubles are over", you are heading into the realm of insanity and engaged in "pain olympics". Now if you have read any of my past submittions you will know that I believe the world is always fifty percent insane. With that, at least half of the population will always belive the answer to peace is to kill others, at some point. Perhaps fifty percent is a bit much? Maybe twenty five percent are insane and twenty five are just ignorant? Not sure where to put stupidity or idiocy? I have been told many times that there is nothing worse than an energetic idiot. Quite sure that comment has been directed at me many times. Not surprised because I know I have acted that way. Have done some quite stupid things as well as acted insane. What other reason is there to jump off an 60 metre bridge at night into a fog covered river?