All Aboard The Peace Train

Come on let's all get on the train together! Final destination is a world filled with peace. This train ride can be real. The land of peace doesn't have to be a place that we wish for or dream of, it can be a place we make. All of us together, one at a time joining together we can make it happen. It starts at our own station, the one inside of each of us. We get on the train in our own hearts first.

I stumbled across an article about this very thing, Peace and how to reach it. Cheryl Paton, also known as CreativeArtist,  has written about a journey we can all take. In her writing, For Peace, Cheryl talks about first choosing to have peace within ourselves. It is a first step, and for some it may be the only step they need. Certainly having peaceful hearts will influence those around us. By living in peace, we inherently pass peace on with positive energy that is unseen but certainly felt by those we encounter each day.

Cheryl has created some unique art with the Peace Sign as her basis that I found intriguing and fun. She calls them Peace Pies and has made them into different products that we can have for ourselves or give as gifts. In her article she talks about a movement that inspired her products and you might find interesting enough to become involved in.

Cheryl reminds us of the song "Peace Train" by Yusuf (Cat Stevens) by providing a video of his performance at the Nobel Peace Conference of 2006. Back in 1971 when this song first hit the charts, many of us embraced this song and it is still very special in my own heart. One section of the lyrics has always spoken to me loudly over the years. "Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is. Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss?" Isn't that so true? If we stop the hate in our own hearts, eventually all hate will go away. Peace starts with the individual and then grows outside of each of us.

I've never been one who trusts that the governments of the world to bring peace. I believe that true peace will happen but it will come from you and I and the people we influence. It will happen when we banish poverty in the world.  It will happen when we pass out books instead of bombs. Cheryl gives some places and organizations in her article that you might find engaging. "The Peace Train is sounding louder"...All Aboard!

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Image Credit: Peace train, painting, postage stamp by Cherylsart