|
Peace has to be put on our individual back burners. We just don’t have time. Our personal lives demand attentions. For those caring for elderly parents or a newborn child priorities are clear. For those working more than 8 hours a day or two jobs, a bit of sleep takes precedents. For those dealing with personal tragedies the rest of the world seems inconsequential. And for most of us, our daily routine just doesn’t give us the luxury of additional time.
So, we leave Peace in the hands of politicians and suffer the consequences. With our voice muted, they make assumptions and as politicians so often do - they get it wrong.
There are approximately 725 hours in a month. Imagine if all of us took 1 of those hours to gather together to help our politicians understand our desire for Peace. Imagine thousands of people making an irrefutable statement. Imagine a statement that can’t be ignored. Imagine political machines disengaging their energies from developing the military industrial complex to vesting their creativity in education, health care, our environment and our communities.
March commemorates one more year of war in Iraq. Our politicians need to understand we don’t want to commemorate another year next year. The only way our collective voice will be heard is if we express it.
No doubt all of us won’t be able to find even that 1 hour. Times are hard. People are suffering. For those of us that can, we need to set aside that 1 hour this month to make a statement.
In Maine, each county has organized a rally on March 15th to bring their communities together in Peace. Please join friends, neighbor and relatives for 1 hour in a call to end the War.
For your county’s actions, visit www.everyvillage-me.us.
Ron Greenberg
Bar Harbor
|
