On this memorial day in 2014 let us all decide to put flowers on the graves of all soldiers of all wars of all nations......
Maybe that was the genesis of that first "Decoration Day". What a moving moment to see thousands of people putting thousands of flowers on thousands of graves of soldiers on both sides of that war. Maybe that is a path to healing and binding up the wounds of our world today!
What a moving moment. Imagine being there and watching people who you do not even know putting flowers down to honor the life of every soldier regardless of what side of the war they fought? Would that be enough to end all war?
We can hope!
We can act!
With liberty and justice for ALL!
This is a call to patriotism: to honoring all those who during this time of war were willing to make this ultimate sacrifice while at the same time letting them know they led us to the road of love and peace. In deed they did not die in vain.
In the seder celebration we read the words: "The willingness to sacrifice is the prelude to freedom".
Being willing to sacrifice all that you have to gain what no money, no power, no will can buy is worth it all.
About Me
- Don Paine
- I am a pastor and a clinical psychotherapist. My life's passion is defining healthiness from a human perspective and paralleling it to the holiness of God, divine perspective. Shifting perspectives creates a paradigm that is alongside of rather than over and against. The parakalein of God and the paradoxes of humanity are redefined. Humanity is all about winning and yet we are losing ground everywhere. Divinity is all about letting go of the desire to win and the fear of loss. The Divine embraces the world with loving care regardless of anything.
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