Great things happen when people love each other and have faith in others’ love for them. There recently came across a time when everyone was looking for friendship, or so it seemed. Then they would all get together for specific events that were agreed-upon places where love, peace, harmony, forgiveness and acceptance were the top priority on everybody’s mind.
For example, in my hometown of Carbondale, Illinois, we are on Day 8 of the Eleven Days of Peace event. It started on Day 1, which happened to be the 10th anniversary of September 11 attacks. Now, as we approach September 21, 2011, we see the end approaching of an unusual get-together of interfaith and civic groups to learn about non-violence and create a safer and more harmonious world. Some of the people who made this a great series of events included Hugh Muldoon, Diana Brawley Sussman, Randy Osborne, Marleen Shepherd, Ken Starbuck, Ossama Bahloul, Din Dayemi, Bill Sasso, Kathy Renfro, Sarah Heyer, Nikki Garza, etc., etc., etc., and the list goes on and on. Everyone who participated in one way or another is a hero in my book.
