tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post238788079560023560..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: PeacemakersGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-76753408955920287572013-09-23T10:23:48.409-07:002013-09-23T10:23:48.409-07:00'my smile is as much sadness as hope,
twisting...'my smile is as much sadness as hope,<br />twisting my wet lips<br />mercilessly.'<br /><br />Very nice Glenn - with Best Wishes Scott www.scotthastie.com scotthastiepoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266153714529613752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-61182024096409604162013-09-22T08:54:30.546-07:002013-09-22T08:54:30.546-07:00You are right. So right. But your poem made me t...You are right. So right. But your poem made me think. Maybe I should practice one act of peace each day going forth from today on. Maybe.Liz Rice-Sosnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705708193546909432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-61132892391966327042013-09-21T21:31:53.380-07:002013-09-21T21:31:53.380-07:00Love this poem! Fuckin' irony!Love this poem! Fuckin' irony!Kate Solohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703901149715024366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-77919384013929075022013-09-21T18:53:04.700-07:002013-09-21T18:53:04.700-07:00Contrary to the intention and the reasons, peace o...Contrary to the intention and the reasons, peace overtures result in more conflicts! Very thoughtful thoughts Glenn! As always your take is exhaustively analysed to be shared! Great!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-17314120106507202042013-09-21T16:01:27.235-07:002013-09-21T16:01:27.235-07:00So difficult to figure these issues out. To some ...So difficult to figure these issues out. To some degree one does have to tolerate attacks to have peace--I kind of think--although there can be attacks on others there, and that's not so great! I mean it's one thing to be like Gandhi for one's self--another for others. All complex and your poem deals with that. Thanks. k. Manicddailyhttp://manicddaily.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-22813492141966063162013-09-21T15:33:06.959-07:002013-09-21T15:33:06.959-07:00I just don't watch anything but the local news...I just don't watch anything but the local news anymore. It makes me sick. Cornflakes, eh?Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-44860233716685112272013-09-21T15:03:57.302-07:002013-09-21T15:03:57.302-07:00There is a lot of insight in this, Glenn. It reads...There is a lot of insight in this, Glenn. It reads to me like a discourse that the Dali Lama or the Pope might give. Unless we work for peace within ourselves and within our families and small social groups, the wish for world peace is an illusion. Our recent history (the 20th C. and this one so far)is so rift with war. Having been born during WWII it seems like peace is a pipe dream and yet...we continue to wish and pray.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-4977427818333326232013-09-21T14:55:29.983-07:002013-09-21T14:55:29.983-07:00"Peace, an utopian dream!". Hmm.... peac..."Peace, an utopian dream!". Hmm.... peacemaking i think is a collective responsibility! Its starts with individuality though! Good readAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-61310961969679460152013-09-21T13:28:46.643-07:002013-09-21T13:28:46.643-07:00It is impossible to solve the world problems and g...It is impossible to solve the world problems and global issues ~ I think the best we can do is be a peackmaker in our own home & community ~ It's a start surely ~ Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-59347214954162496942013-09-21T12:53:53.828-07:002013-09-21T12:53:53.828-07:00If we seek peace in the absence of war/noise/injus...If we seek peace in the absence of war/noise/injustice <i>etc</i> then we're looking in the wrong place - aiming at the worng things. Peace will most likely be found in presence; being present for the other, listening respectfully to her/him without wanting to argue that we're right.<br /><br />If we'd spent as much on justice and dealing with global poverty as we have on arms, then poverty would be a thing of the past and the world would definitely be a more just and peaceful place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-85258976247705076082013-09-21T12:15:10.727-07:002013-09-21T12:15:10.727-07:00Love is not enough to get peace.. primarily we hav...Love is not enough to get peace.. primarily we have to avoid hate and shunning... My first hope for ages is some words from the new pope that brings hope... wonder if there will be a new global cry for peace.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-53557588063420622182013-09-21T12:11:06.363-07:002013-09-21T12:11:06.363-07:00anyone who loves peace can not tolerate attacks......anyone who loves peace can not tolerate attacks...this is the great conundrum you know.... how do you get there? become as brutal as those who abhor peace...we have not figured that out for sure...def a conundrum...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-65241534329441657412013-09-21T12:08:33.202-07:002013-09-21T12:08:33.202-07:00isn't it fun that we sometimes shout so loudly...isn't it fun that we sometimes shout so loudly for world peace but then in the things and with people around us act so unpeaceful... kinda paradox.. great take glennClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-75722296387769808532013-09-21T12:07:04.266-07:002013-09-21T12:07:04.266-07:00You have made some good points here, Glenn. Perha...You have made some good points here, Glenn. Perhaps the best thing we CAN do is to find a way to achieve peace within ourselves...or do something in even a small way that fosters peace in one's community. <br /><br />So true that everyone who loves peace cannot tolerate attacks; and the question definitely is what do peace lovers do with such attacks? I don't think either we can just turn the other cheek in the light of such blatant wrong. But what is the answer? I guess we all continue to search.<br /><br />Thanks for your thought-provoking write, Glenn. Happy International Day of Peace to you.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.com