PEACEMAKING: Approaching peace step-by-step Embracing friends and helping strangers are small ways of fostering peace. Saying 'no' to greed and prejudice are small steps towards harmony. Peace may seem distant & unattainable but we can create small pieces of peace and over time isn't that something big? Satoru: This talk of 'embracing strangers' sounds good, but is it possible? Is human nature so magnanimous? Ying: Well, talk is certainly easier than action. At the same time, why expect the worst from others? Dmiritri: Why expect anything? Expectations sow the seeds of frustration. Frida: Personally, I think expectations are hard-wired into our operating system. We can't expect people to relinquish their expectations. Pixxâkiû: Haven't humans been seeking peace since the dawn of time? AR3X108: Who knows? One thing is certain: that word gets a lot of lip service. ===================================================================================== from Peace Pieces: Reflections on Violence and Conflict Resolution by T Newfields SUMMARY: A discussion about human nature and peace on a micro-level KEYWORDS: peace process, conflict resolution, how to make peace, peace poetry Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1998 in Shizuoka, Japan ⩝ Finished: 2016 in Xīn-Táiběi, Taiwan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/alt.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/perhaps.htm Translations Chinese https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/heping.htm French https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/fab.thm German https://www.tnewfields.info/de/frieden.htm Japanese https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/piisu.htm Spanish https://www.tnewfields.info/es/haga.htm Thai https://www.tnewfields.info/Translations/Orathip2.htm Urdu: https://www.tnewfields.info/Translations/Azqan8.htm