EVEN IF: An Optimist’s Creed Even if a sixth of the world is starving, & those promoting peace are ridiculed. Even if greed is often paraded as virtue, & market laws generally define what people do. Even if individuals do not seem to matter - just the goods or services they produce. Even if machines are gradually replacing humans, & intimacy is widely regarded as untrue. There's still something precious about each breath. We are gifted with such vibrancy and heirs to an ancient radiance! Discover That and Practice Remembrance. Then hate, delusion or avarice will have no root in your breast. Frida: What's with this guy? At time he seems insightful, but often so stupid! Satoru: Maybe just a fallible human being like you or me. ===================================================================================== from Peace Pieces: Reflections on Violence and Conflict Resolution by T Newfields SUMMARY: A poem about some current social trends, and how a change in consciousness is needed. KEYWORDS: social inequity, dehumanization, slivers of life, spiritual remembrance Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1987 in Nagoya, Japan ⩝ Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/wi.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/wreath.htm Translations Chinese: http://www.tnewfields.info/zh/lianxi.htm French: http://www.tnewfields.info/fr/dehors.htm German: http://www.tnewfields.info/de/selbstwenn.htm Japanese: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/tama.htm Spanish: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/trai.htm Urdu: http://www.tnewfields.info/Translations/Azqan12.htm