Peace One Day

Living abroad has opened my eyes to the world. Our school is celebrating International Peace One Day this Friday and I've been trying to prepare a lesson for it. Until we moved here I didn't even know this day existed because we don't celebrate it in the US. September 21 is designated by the UN as International Peace Day. It is a day for all violence to stop so we can have one day of peace. As I was doing my research on this day, I came across a trailer of a film "The Day After Peace" by Jeremy Gilley the creator of Peace One Day. Click on the following link to see the trailer. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1716442343/bctid1555738223

Here are some videos on you-tube that explain more about Peace One Day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FmEIP46B-E&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L_PowoTU3A&feature=user

I also found this poem written by Lao-Tse, a 6th Century BCE Chinese philosopher.

If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.

If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.

If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.

If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.

If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.

Please join the rest of the world in celebrating Peace One Day on September 21. The world is in so much need of peace but it needs to start with each one of us in our hearts, at home, with our neighbors, in our cities, in the nations, in the world. For more information about Peace One Day go to http://www.peaceoneday.org/