Aloha Global Network:

 EARTHDAY MESSAGE

UNITED WE LIVE....

DIVIDED WE DIE -

- Global Message for March 20 Earth Day.

By Earth Day founder,

John McConnell -

- www.earthsite.org

Abraham Lincoln said,

"United we stand, divided we fall."

 He was thinking of the United States.

Today, our problem is global and far more serious.

America and many other countries

 devote most of their wealth to military programs.

 They spend billions for bombs and pennies for peace.

 Were the money spent on our evil weapons to kill people

spent on promoting global understanding

of peaceful resolution of conflict

 and the causes of violence and hate,

 there would be no more wars.

Most governments say we must kill the killers

& praises the soldiers who kill & sometimes die

 for their country thinking it is the right thing to do.

It is sad to think of their misguided loyalty.

Martin Luther King, Jr said,

"The ultimate weakness of violence

is that it is a descending spiral,

begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

 Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

 Through violence you murder the hater,

but you do not murder hate.

In fact, violence merely increases hate. . .

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,

adding deeper darkness to a night

already devoid of stars.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness;

only light can do that.

 Hate cannot drive out hate,

only love can do that."

As a result, the whole world is in a state of siege

with ever more fear and anxiety.

We need a miracle to avoid catastrophe.

THE POWER OF PRAYER.

Dedication and action by all is needed.

 The proven power of prayer can help.

 Let all who see this message decide what they will do.

First, let us all make this Earth Day

 a time to forgive others and ourselves

for our failures in the past.

Failures have been the result of sins of omission

as well as sins of commission.

There is some measure of guilt in all of us.

I must add that other religions can find in their history similar records.

On Earth Day, we have participation

by Christians, Jews, Muslims &

people of every major religion.

The point of agreement is the importance of peace,

justice and Earth stewardship in the here and now.

The best evidence of the value of our faith

is the good we do for people and planet.

Let us make this day a special day of prayer

for the troubled mid-east.

 Peace in the Holy Land would be a catalyst

 for peace all over the world.

Now is the time for the whole world

 to unite in the vital matters

where we agree.

By  John McConnell

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