Peace Infinite

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There is no time left for anything but to make peacework a dimension of our every waking activity.

Elise Boulding

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doctorswithoutborders:

Chronic violence and instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevent the civilian population from accessing their country’s agricultural wealth. In the Starved for Attention film “The Malnutrition That Shouldn’t Be,” photojournalist Franco Pagetti reveals the daily struggle to survive in North Kivu’s forbidding bush and teeming, fetid displaced persons camps, where food is scarce and the people are on edge, ready to run at a moment’s notice.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: Democratic Republic of Congo 2009 © Franco Pagetti/VII

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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

Nelson Mandela

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Peace is not achieved by controlling nations, but mastering our thoughts.

John Harricharan

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When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.

 Peace Pilgrim

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Nature

Spend some time in nature today. "Consider the lilies of the field."

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peacecorps:

Rila Monastery in Bulgaria - 1999

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Visit

This weekend visit a house of worship for a religion that you do not practice.

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Forgiveness

Forgive someone today.

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todaysdocument:

The Peace Corps Act - September 22, 1961

On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy signed the executive order establishing the Peace Corps. On September 22, 1961, Congress approved the legislation that formally authorized the Peace Corps. Goals of the Peace Corps included: 1) helping the people of interested countries and areas meet their needs for trained workers; 2) helping promote a better understanding of Americans in countries where volunteers served; and 3) helping promote a better understanding of peoples of other nations on the part of Americans.

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peacecorps:

The sign that hung at the original Peace Corps office in Ghana, the first country to host Peace Corps Volunteers.

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I'd like to build the world a home And furnish it with love Grow apple trees and honey bees And snow-white turtle doves I'd like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony I'd like to hold it in my arms And keep it company I'd like to see the world for once All standing hand in hand And hear them echo through the hills For peace throughout the land

Bill Backer / Billy Davis / Roger Cook / Roger Greenaway

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Pax

Learn a new (to you) word for peace in another language.

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Celebrate peace today. Do something special. Join with neighbors to walk your neighborhood. Tell others. Spread peace.