In recent years, the notions of war and peace have filled an important space in our daily life. In the media, in our conversation, in our worries.
 
War of words, tactical war, conventional war, psychological war, chemical war, imminent war, regional war, saint war, atomic war, world war, war. And peace, period of peace, desire for peace, nobel peace prize, necessity of peace, lasting peace.
 
Curiously, the words that have been said or written and the pictures that have been watched, have a lot more to do with war. This might reveal a desire, large or small, or a fear, enormous or tiny. Anyway, it seems that our attention has been more turned to war than to peace.
 
And should it be like this? Maybe not. We know now that our thought has a strong power. It is capable of great performances when directed in a positive sense, but it can also cause great catastrophes when directed negatively.
 
In this case, we have millions of people thinking, a little bit everywhere, about war, when we should concentrate our attention on peace.
 
Many people, of course, have a certain difficulty in finding a connection between what they (mere citizens) think and what is happening on the other side of the world. They forget that humanity is moved by a great force, which is the result of the small forces that each of us constitute.
 
Many of us wish and demand that the governors from our country and from all the others can find peaceful and democratic solutions for their countries. And sometimes we criticise these and other leaders, because they can’t find the “obvious” ways to peace.
 
However, if we, far from the world problems, can’t keep our thoughts, daily and permanently turned to peace, how can we demand this from those who are busy with problems of much greater extent and, many times, so difficult to solve?
 
Each thing in its place. That’s it. We (mere citizens) can’t all have a decisive word in the solution of international crisis. No one is expecting it. What is expected, and above all wished, is that everyone can contribute with his share.
 
And, in the case of world peace, it is certainly important that each one can keep his desire for peace, twenty-four hours a day. By means of thoughts, words and actions.
 
Starting with inner peace. Everyone should meet himself, synchronize with Nature and find the happiness possible on this planet.
 
We should work hard for peace at home. Avoid fighting with those we love, allow their difference and their mistakes, even before we ask (or demand!) them to tolerate us.
 
We should try to live together peacefully at work, in the organizations we belong to, on public transports, in the streets. Respecting always and, therefore, winning the right to be respected.
If, a little bit all around the world, all people, or at least the great majority, concentrate their attention on peace, trying to build it moment by moment, it will obviously be found.
 
 

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