Can You Love the Bully?
This is a contentious statement as all people would regard a person bullying as someone who is hurting someone and they should be punished. Yet what if I was to say to you that fear and hatred just places logs on the fire. It doesn’t convert powerless behaviour, it escalates powerlessness. I regard the person… Continue reading
Does Media Fuel Conflict? Why Not Be Conflict Resolvers?
I was involved in community media for 5 years, on radio, talking to a range of people about peace and conflict resolution. I was very mindful when I was preparing my program to not be biased and to provide critical questioning. It wasn’t always easy to provide unbiased material with peace in mind, as I… Continue reading
The Middle East Finds Peace
Often the media reports from both sides – the Israeli right to exist and the Palestinian right to self defence as justification for violence. Yet what of the right of all civilians to civil rights. The right to live in equality with each other, this is the natural justice that is seldom mentioned. It is… Continue reading
Life Is The School With Peace In Mind
This was written to a man I loved. He taught me about peace and for that I will be forever grateful. Somehow I was able to see past the facade he showed me, into the truth of the life purpose. That is what is meant by ‘to see not to look’. When you see, that… Continue reading
We Are All On The Same Team
This was inspired by a person who didn’t meet eye to eye with me, but in the end I still feel deep respect. I didn’t get what I asked for but I retained my truth. That for me is more important than winning the argument. For I see we are on the same team.
So… Continue reading