We live in an interconnected world.
The actions of people around us impact us every day. In the same way, our actions impact those we live near, shop with, drive next to and work with. On a global level, what we do on one continent impacts others. What happens to one species, affects others.
As humans, our lives are linked by stories that connect to each other. We have experiences and histories that are individual and idiosyncratic, but there is a shared essence. Regardless of our differences, we are all impacted by birth, death, illness, aging, and a desire for happiness.
It is easy to feel overwhelmed or hopeless by the suffering, violence or war going on in our world. The antidote is to take action and notice that there is much we can do through daily actions.
Each of us has a choice. We can turn away and ignore the challenges. We can react to challenges with anger and frustration. Or we can approach challenges with an attitude of service. Choosing to see the world from the perspective of service creates the possibility of great joy and peace.
Like a ripple in the water, each tiny act of peace reverberates out into the world expanding the experience of peace for all of us.
- A grandfather and war veteran sits with his grandson telling him stories about his life, and offers a perspective that life is a precious, precious thing.
- At the security line in the airport, a person hands a tray to the person in back of them. The next person follows their lead.
- An employee begins wiping down the counter top in her college’s bathroom each morning. By the end of the year, it’s a practice almost all employees share.
- Two people talk about creating an international day of peace; years later more than 800 events in 170 countries are held to bring attention to the power of peace worldwide.
Just as an act of violence sends out shock waves effecting everyone around, so too does an act of peace.
Six Billion Paths to Peace represents the idea that it is possible to inspire new reverberations of peace if we each step up and investigate our daily actions and make a commitment to offer our unique contributions to the world.
Our motto: What’s Yours? Invites you to reflect upon how you can contribute to peace in this moment, in this day, in this lifetime.
We want to know: What’s Yours?
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