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Sunday, May 28, 2023

Memorial Day 2023 ~ Never Forget

Tomb of The Unknown Soldier
Arlington National Cemetery

Some gave all
We pray for the day when peace prevails and no one has to suffer or die in a war anywhere in the world. 



Monday, May 8, 2023

Peace Globe #10,573 ~ Golch Central




Michael Golch
Ohio

Michael writes, "Just because I have joined Blog Blast for Peace does not mean that I do not honor those that have laid down their lives for our freedom. My Family have a history of serving OUR GREAT COUNTRY. MY DAD DID USAAF. I SERVED IN THE USAF. I HAVE HAD COUSINS UNCLES AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE PUT ON THE DIFFERENT UNIFORMS OF OUR COUNTRY.  As a Retired Corrections Officer I have had to deal with interesting people that is why I pray for Peace." 

Thank you and yours for your service, Michael!


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Monday, May 1, 2023

Peace Globe #10,572 ~ Sicily Scene: A Welshwoman's Life in Sicily


Welshcakes Limoncello
Modica, Sicily, Italy

She wrote, " I am very aware that I am writing this one week before Remembrance Sunday in the UK, when the fallen and injured of all wars are commemorated, and I mean no disrespect. My own grandfather was blinded in World War I and I am profoundly grateful to him and to all who have fought for my freedom. I just wish there was another way of obtaining it, as, I am sure, do many soldiers. "No one abhors ware more than someone who has been in one", my grandfather used to say. And it was that old warrior Sir Winston Churchill who said..."

Thank you for your service, Sir, and thank you, Pat.



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Peace Globe #10,571 ~ The Bud Blog


Original Peace Blogger
Arizona

Monday, December 5, 2022

Peace Globe #10,570 ~ White Dog Blog



From the very get-go, this beautiful lady began blogging for peace. The last blog post she created was this one - only a couple of days before she unexpectedly passed away.

Everyone who knew Sue....loved her. Rescuer of animals, warrior for justice, compassionate and strong. A helper. One of the angels on Earth sent to help us see and understand what's important. We will never let her memory fade. We honor her amazing contributions to this movement all these years. We send our love to Steve and her babies left behind. 
Sue, we love you and will miss you forever. 
Thank you for all you brought to this world. It remains.

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Sunday, December 4, 2022

Peace Globe #10,569 ~ I'Migrant


Georgetown, Guyana

"Laughter and peace got a tight connection."



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Friday, November 4, 2022

Dona Nobis Pacem ~ UNBOUNDED

Welcome to the 17th launch of BlogBlast For Peace aka Blog4Peace. Please sign the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this page so that we may read your beautiful peace posts and visit each other. You can even enter your social media post url.
Most peace posts/globes stream on social media platforms instead of blogs. Doing a hashtag search will get you to many more postings in the coming days. Thank you so much for continuing to speak peace in the world. 
Enjoy the view and be inspired! 

 Dona Nobis Pacem in the Blogosphere began in 2006 and is held annually on November 4th. Our theme for 2022 is "No Freedom. No Peace" and my peace post is called.... 

UNBOUNDED



I woke up smelling rain....
and thinking of dahlias.
Seeing a girl so newly married and in love that if you told her the sky was purple she would have believed it if it came from his eyes.
 I was that girl.

Standing beside the carport of our first modest house, I was planting petunias and dahlias, covered in straw mulch, stardust and dreams. Perched beneath the eave of a green house under a peculiar blue sky, I remember the smell of that rain. Wondering if I'd get my flowers in the ground before the clouds broke free.

 Soon the house would have new siding, brick window casings and a new front porch. And because the roof was flat and tarred, men from our church descended upon us early one Saturday morning, raising pitched rafters and putting on a new roof. It was like an old-fashioned barn raising in the suburbs! They wore blue overalls with pockets of tools and handkerchiefs. One carried Bible tracts in his back pocket and just before the work began, I heard a whole bunch of deacons high on my little green house say a hearty prayer and a big hallelujah amen (kind of like a Baptist football huddle but not...)

We suddenly had an attic and beautiful wood stained siding in the course of one day. I can still see my Dad up on the ladder, hammering and laughing with the motley crew, along with my father-in-law who covered his balding un-churched truck-driving head with a neck gator so that he could dodge impromptu Scripture-throwing and splinters at the same time. 
 I needed to spruce up the outside with bulbs and patches of prayed-in dirt. 

The year was 1979. I was expecting a baby and the move had been difficult. My mother-in-law moved boxes for me and put my house together. 
I just wanted to plant things in the ground.

The chorus in the shingled sky continued. They hammered. And sang. And prayed. I ran as fast as I could from flying nails - as fast as a pregnant woman could run - and served iced tea, carefully and slowly walking barefoot through the grass filled with tape measures and lumber, wondering how we would ever repay them for such kindness 

And then it started to rain


They kept hammering. But faster.

Everything in the universe is composed of five elements: wood, fire, earth, water and metal. I had all five elements on top of my house at the same time. It was like watching spiritual improv on my own personal green Mount of Transfiguration! Jesus told a crowd of people that His Father sends rain to the just and the unjust. During my green house days, I saw Him send rain on the churched and the un-churched. 
My neighborhood had never heard such.
My house was transfigured in a day.
My heart was changed forever.


My African water jug






Which brings me to why I think I know what my heart was trying to tell me this morning some forty-three years later when God as my Witness, I sat straight up in bed and smelled earthy rain clear as day. Not a cloud in the sky outside. But I'm sure I heard a thunderclap in my bedroom. It came from way back in the suburban days of newborns and baptisms, deacons and dahlias...

Two simple words have been floating around in my consciousness for about three years now and they won't let me go. 

Remove judgment.

The year of 2019 was a banner year of bodacious struggle, you see...literally raining down on my pencil head with a force so ungodly I didn't think I'd survive it  and that was before the pandemic began. I had a right to hate. I had a right to seek revenge. I had a right to....to.....
undo myself.

Remove judgment.
That's what Spirit said.

 I've been trying for three years to fine-tune that command. "But they did this..." Remove judgment. "And then they did that!!..." Remove judgment
"But they deserve to pay for what they did. They are the unjust. Right?"
Remove judgment. 



Finally one day I asked why. And the answer I got was like unbounded water falling off a roof.
Because your freedom is at stake. 


The cloud that filled my room this morning
was the same cloud that kept those heavenly roofers hammering in the pouring rain
and is the same cloud that continues to transform me when life sends thunder and lightning.
Whenever I feel justified in judging no matter how justified it is
I hear those two words and stop myself lest it be my undoing

This morning my own sweet grandson gathered a pile of rocks, sticks and leaves (those elements...) and took them to the cemetery. He made an arrangement on top of Papa's marble headstone with great care and deliberation and I felt
the power of marble on marble, peace on peace, granite and wood and fire and earth
and water


and maybe the sound of hammers

My flower garden 1979
Watered with sawdust
no judgment





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Saturday, October 29, 2022

Blog 4 Peace (BlogBlast For Peace) November 4 -6, 2022

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Announcing Blog4Peace 2022 (aka BlogBlast for Peace) 
Welcome to the 17th year of peace blogging in the Blogosphere! Welcome peace bloggers! Welcome social media participants who also Post4Peace on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and beyond.

November 4 - 6, 2022 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) 

Bloggers and social media posters from all across the globe 
will blog and post for peace. 

 NOV 4 - 6th

Our 2022 Theme is
No Freedom, No Peace


I don't have to tell you what's going on in the world. From tanks in Ukraine to ongoing conflicts in many parts of the globe to headscarves flying off in Iran, we're in a battle for universal and personal peace. We're in a storm calling for independence in a world saturated with oppression. We need freedom. 

The whole world is in a foxhole. 

Latin for "Grant us Peace"

 Why do we need freedom? We need freedom to speak. Freedom to love. Freedom to lie down peacefully at night without bombs falling outside our windows. Freedom to worship. Freedom to abstain from worship. FREEDOM. Economic and social.

Freedom from guns on the street. Freedom from racism, sexism, ageism, xenophobia, classism, discrimination and prejudice. Freedom from oppression. Freedom from corruption. Freedom from the worry of nuclear war.  
And most importantly, freedom from the worries in our heads that keep us unhealthy and enslaved. 


Deepak Chopra said, 
"When you feel unbounded and free, you will begin to heal yourself." 


It's hard to remain unbound 
when the world wants to keep you in chains. 

Are you free? And if you're not, what is holding you back?  
I am convinced that no amount of peace can spring from even a sliver of bondage. 
 Figure it out. What is keeping you bound? 

Where is YOUR freedom? 
How precious is it to you?
What does your liberation look like?
What makes you free? 
What will you do to get it?
What makes a country free?
What makes our planet free?
What will we do to protect it?

 When you fight for your freedom you are fighting for your peace.
When we fight for OUR freedom, we are fighting for our peace.
 That's everything.


 But what if your freedom infringes upon my freedom? 
Are we free? 
No. 
 We are even more estranged. We are at war.
Make sure your "freedoms" cause no harm to others.
No Freedom, No Peace
See how that works?
 

We are peace bloggers. It's what we do. 
This isn't a rallying cry for more war. That wouldn't be in our wheelhouse. 
It is not an if-then statement. It is not a threat against power. Under the conditions of a peace movement such as this, we are acknowledging that one cannot exist without the other.  It is clear we are talking about mutual evolution, not revolution....UNLESS...your revolution is quiet and peaceful, productive and compassionate. Then I'm all in. 

This is my challenge to you this year.
When you find yourself in the middle of an invasion or unwanted change, surrounded and bound, reclaim your freedom. 
Let's get FREE! 

Note: You can make it personal or you can write about the national and global issues facing us. Your choice. 

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Thank you for continuing to inspire me. Thank you for being a community of life-changers, givers, and lovers of peace. Thank you continuing to share your powerful images and words with all of us. 

See the thousands of peace globes flying in the official gallery from 214+ countries and territories since 2006 when we started. 
Let's go! It's a launch!

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10 GROOVY Reasons To Blog and Post For Peace NEXT WEEKEND!!

This article now (hopefully) trending on BuzzFeed Check it out.

#1  You've always secretly wanted to join a revolution.
Created by Eileen Trainor 


 #2  It's time to create something funky and retro.
Created by Rose @ Walk In The Wood (Connecticut)


#3  Because nobody really believes you're groovy and you need to prove them wrong.
Created by Thumper Thinks Out Loud (K A Thompson)


#4  All the radical internet kids are doing it.
Created by Jobi Harris in Florida


#5  You're too old or too late for Woodstock
Psychokitty's Blog


#6  You can make a statement without getting a tattoo!!
Created by Silvia Hoefnagels in Ireland


#7  We're blowing each other up.



#8  Seriously, you should be sick of #7 by now.



#9 Words are Powerful...this matters
Created by Ann Adamus at Zoolatry.blogspot.com


#10 Blogging for Peace brings people together from all over the world. 
And it's free.


Here's a blank background. Grab it and use it. Decorate at will. Sign it. Post it. Wherever you are online. Nov 4-6, 2022  You're a peace blogger. Welcome to the movement. 
See how easy that was?

There are many more template choices @blog4peace.com ~ Dona nobis pacem means Grant us peace in Latin. Go to blog4peace.com for more info. Can't wait to see you there. 
Be groovy, K?

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Monday, September 26, 2022

Peace Globe of The Day ~ Chica


The year was 2008 and we decided to do an extra peace launch in the middle of summer. A blogger named "Chica" in Idaho sent this in. We love the way er hand is cradling peace and the world together at the same time. If only.....

Thank you for continuing to inspire. 
Documented #857 here in the peace globe gallery.


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Sunday, September 25, 2022

Peace Globe of The Day ~ Durward Discussion


The fabulous Jamie White still blog HERE. She has been a peace blogger for sixteen years. I just read a moving post on her blog about Uvalde. We hope you will take a moment to read. 

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

International Day of Peace ~ September 21, 2022



We observe International Day of Peace with the rest of the world. 
It is observed by all United Nations Member States. The resolution was passed in 1981.  The peace bell is always rung at UN Headquarters in New York City. The inscription on the bell reads, "Long live absolute peace." 

Indeed.


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About Sharing, Linking, and Copyright

Your peace globe and post will be assigned a number and placed in the Official Gallery at blog4peace.com. By participating in Blog4Peace you agree that your peace globe designs and links may be displayed on other social sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Digg, etc and shared across the Blogosphere wherever peace bloggers are found online, in the name of world peace and in the spirit of promoting this work. They may also be used in printed works and publications online and elsewhere by the founder of this movement in creating published works about the Blog4Peace movement.
Every effort will be made to credit, notify and obtain permission from the artist if and when the design on your peace globe template is chosen to be featured in printed works, books, or online publications.
If you do not want your peace globe shared and made accessible to others, let me know the day it is submitted or simply submit an anonymous unsigned peace globe.

Otherwise, please understand that this movement is all about spreading the message.

Thank you for being part of this incredible community of peace bloggers.

About Sharing and Linking:
It is perfectly alright to SHARE on social media sites from this blog. These beautiful creations and words should be seen and heard in the Blogosphere. However, images and links on this website may not be copied, downloaded or redistributed offline in printed works for profit or elsewhere online for profit without express permission of the blog author, Mimi Lenox. Uses other than sharing from a Share button is a violation of copyright.
© 2006 Mimi Lenox
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Special Launch Event Thursday, July 12, 2012

We launched the 2012 BlogBlast4Peace season with a trip to the shore (real and virtual). I am already on the Atlantic. If you were here with us July 12 at sunset, even in spirit, then you were a part of the 2012 launch for BlogBlast4Peace. I can think of no better way to announce our November 4th campaign than a designated time for all to bring the same thoughts and vibes to the table....er...ocean. Then it won't be just me making an announcement. It will be all of us. I like it!
Facebook Event page is here. It was a great success. Thank you. Let the peace begin.

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    Mother Teresa
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower
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  • It's Sanni-licious ~ 11/06
  • It's Sanni-licious ~ All We Are Saying
  • It's Sanni-licious ~12/06
  • Kids, Cats, & Books: What Else Is There?
  • Lily's Pad ~ King James Bible
  • Me, My Life, My Garden
  • Mississippizen
  • Missy & KC
  • Mother's Home
  • Odat's Mumblings
  • On A Limb With Claudia ~ Tao
    On The Far Side Of The Sea Luke 2:10-12
  • Parlancheq ~ Jimi Hendrix
  • Pregnant Pauses
  • Quotes In Can
  • Rock and Star
  • Short Stories in the making
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  • This Eclectic Life
  • Trav's Thoughts Yuki and Simiko

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