International Day of Peace

Welcome!

I would like to thank everyone for coming out today for our first annual Imagine Nations of Peace Event!

My name is Tom Murasso and on behalf of the Imagine Group, I would like to thank you for being a part or our growing family!

You know…

A teacher of fear can not bring peace on earth. We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years. The person who turns inner violence around and finds peace inside and lives it… is the one who teaches what true peace is.

Ladies and Gentlemen: The teacher is with us today… the teacher is YOU!

Today is…

World Peace Day.  It is an opportunity to make a positive statement, to set a positive intention for healing… within ourselves and the world.

And this world needs healing. There’s a lot of blame and complaining going on, which of course, does not promote peace. It just promotes more of the same negativity.

It seems we have become a culture of blame. We have forgotten how powerful we really are. Rather than blaming, we need to come from that place of peace that exists within each of us.

Peace is never about blaming or attacking. Peace cannot exist in blame. Blame only serves one purpose, to give away your power to the person, or thing that you perceive as being wrong or bad.

Blame does not make positive change. It does not make us better people. We may think we feel better when we put the blame on someone or something, but do we really?

The next time you are saying something negative about someone ask yourself; do you really feel better? Have you really promoted peace or facilitated a change that is beneficial to you or anyone else?

All we have done is to become a victim, unable to move forward and take responsibility for ourselves, or to make any positive change. We become separated, not connected to others.

Even our smallest of actions within our little corner of the world affects others like a chain reaction. We are all equally responsible for the discord we are seeing in our own lives - and in the world.

Why not stand up and use that anger, frustration, and complaining we hold to move us towards positive change.

That is what anger is for; to let us know when something doesn't feel right so we can make a change for the better.

Whether it is bringing a crime to justice, changing government policy, changing a dysfunctional relationship, resolving a disagreement with a neighbor, or bringing about world peace.

Let's find our courage. Let’s be the face, the voice, the activator of everything loving and peace promoting. Let’s learn to let go of our own negativity, no matter how small and work on curbing our judgments and criticisms.

Instead of fighting against what we don't want, imagine the kind of things we do want in this world… our world. Mother Teresa said "I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there."

We all know about the bad, horrific things out there. Isn't it time to put some good vibrations out there? Be the peace we want to see, and watch that peace grow in the world. That's right! Peace will not be found in this world until we each take responsibility for making peace within ourselves and in our own little corners.

Look within because the change starts there. We can all choose to do this. Together we can be more powerful than any war, or any conflict.

Many say we want peace, but are we willing to really commit ourselves to peace; to focus on peace more than anything… in all aspects of our daily lives?

A great day to start is today, World Peace Day. Make this day and every one after it a day of pure love and passion for Peace.

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