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A Prayer For The
Evolution Of Peace...
God created us to evolve beyond pettiness!
God created us to evolve beyond ignorance!
God created us to evolve beyond childishness!
God created us to evolve beyond placing blame!
God created us to evolve beyond immaturity!
God created us to evolve beyond destruction!
God created us to evolve beyond violence!
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"
My Philosophical Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: God created us to evolve beyond pettiness, ignorance, childishness, placing blame, immaturity, destruction and violence!
And this poem was also published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
"Norway: Democratic Defiance Amid Devastation" from Amnesty International:
Tragedies often bring out anger, outburst, and, sometimes, hate. Not so much in Norway. Amid the devastating massacre of dozens, Norway is making sure its soul of tolerance is not stained with blood. Below are top five inspiring quotes by Norwegian officials.
1. Mayor of Oslo: “We shall punish the terrorist, and this will be his punishment: more democracy, more tolerance, more generosity.”
2. Norwegian Prime Minister: “…the answer to violence is even more democracy.”
3. Diplomat Steinar Gil: “Norway will not change. Evil will not prevail.”
4. Norwegian Prime Minister: “With the strongest of all weapons — the free word and democracy — we stake our course for Norway.”
5. Crown Prince of Norway: “Tonight the streets are filled with love. We have chosen to meet hatred with unity. We have chosen to show what we stand for.”
Norway’s message is clear: counter terror with more democracy. As Ernest Hemingway has said, courage is grace under pressure. May the Norwegian victims rest in peace. And may Norway’s democracy prevail.
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/waronterror/norway-democratic-defiance-amid-devastation/
This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 016 was edited on May 3rd, 2024.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
